I applied online. I interviewed at Spotify (New York, NY) in Jul 2023
Interview
Recruiter was positive, responsive and advocated for me to have the best interview experience. Technical was fair and senior engineer was kind and also wanted me to succeed. Second interview I met with a senior engineer who asked me honestly some pretty easy coding questions that I absolutely bombed because I was expecting to have to solve a hard leetcode problem. Just a word of advice - review web fundamentals. When we work in frameworks and libraries 24/7 we tend to get rusty on a lot of the basics. This was a pretty embarrassing interview for me 🙈
I applied online. I interviewed at Spotify (New York, NY) in May 2026
Interview
Spoke with a recruiter, was ghosted after the interview. He asked all the standard questions - why Spotify, expected level, salary expectation, what are the priorities, why left previous company, etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was the most complicated project you were working on in your previous company?
Initial HR Call and screening, then arround two weeks later leet code task, followed by on-site architectural/design test and the final culture fit check with HR/Managers. Overall the process was 3-4 weeks.
I applied online. I interviewed at Spotify in Dec 2025
Interview
The interview process was long and drawn out. It took 2.5 months with multiple delays and rearrangements from Spotify side. I can’t fault the actual interviewers, they were very nice and considerate, but the organisation of the process was very messy and disorganised. At the end I received a rejection with no feedback on Christmas Eve.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Debug a production system with logs and Linux commands
