I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Spotify in Oct 2021
Interview
Very fake nice? I thought it was just my recruiting experience but after reading a couple of other interviews here, Spotify likes to hype you up and give you false hope that you're doing well and then leave you high and dry.
Initial HR phone screen, a technical session, then a take home assignment (run some analysis and then do a 15 min presentation), and then a couple of other interviews with team members. Even after receiving what I thought was good feedback and having some great conversations, I was the one to reach out to HR about an update (after a week of silence). They said that another candidate who was "further in the process" had filled the position. Why wait then to tell me then?
I applied online. I interviewed at Spotify (Toronto, ON) in Apr 2026
Interview
So, At first it was HR interview, After that a technical interview (SQL and Python - 2 questions each) and a long code of SQL that needed to be explained.
After that. I had an interview with Hiring Manager and a case study in the last round. It had 4 rounds in total.
The hiring manager started the first round interview with "I'm gonna get ahead of this but based on your experience I don't think it's a good fit." Huh?? Then why do the interview in the first place? this wasn't even a referral? They were dismissive the whole interview and I couldn't wait for it to end. Also mentioned the role wouldn't be technical which tells me the JD was misleading. Additionally, the pay is below average for the level of experience they were requiring. Overall, not worth it - especially if the interview would be indicative of management style.
Had a first round interview with a recruiter, questions were about examples of A\B testing, a visualization dashboard, and once we worked on performance metrics. Interview rounds are 5 one online coding, a hiring manager, a case and presentation.
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Question 1
A\B testing, Dashboards, screen coding, case presentation