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      Software Engineer (Backend) Interview

      Mar 15, 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Stockholm, Stockholm
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Spotify (Stockholm, Stockholm) in Feb 2017

      Interview

      I've applied for the position through a recruiter, got scheduled an initial interview. The phone interview was friendly and enjoyable, we talked about my experience and general stuff. After that there was a google hangouts interview with two more people, we've talked about general programming concepts and then I did a coding exercise live. After that I was invited to the Stockholm office, where I had the final set of interviews (culture fit, whiteboard, a couple more). The whole process was one of the best I've had. The interviewers were friendly and genuinely passionate about their jobs. The interviews in the Stockholm office were more like friendly chats than anything else, I didn't feel stressed at all and enjoyed it thoroughly. The office was really cool too. The HR person I was in touch with was friendly, helpful and quick to respond. In overall, the whole process was a delight and I'm glad I've received an offer from them. It is worth noting that the whole process took several months for me because I didn't want to rush and asked for the interviews to be well spaced.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How would you implement a depth-first search on a binary tree?
      Answer question
      1

      Other Software Engineer (Backend) Interview Reviews for Spotify

      Software Engineer, Backend Interview

      Sep 29, 2025
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Spotify

      Interview

      Was reached out by recruiter after cold apply. Interviewer asked basic questions to know the background as initial screening step, but didnt proceed to next steps after cancelling the scheduled interviews. suspect its bc visa issues

      Interview questions [1]

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      tell me about yourself, resume run through
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      Backend Developer Interview

      Aug 3, 2022
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
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      Positive experience
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      I applied online. I interviewed at Spotify

      Interview

      In overall, it was a positive experience. Everybody's nice there. I like every step and challenge. Everybody was supportive and well informed about the whole interview process which was really long.

      Interview questions [1]

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      Software Engineer, Backend Interview

      Feb 7, 2022
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Spotify (New York, NY) in Dec 2021

      Interview

      1) 15min recruiter screening. The recruiter was nice but seem to be in a rush the whole time. 2) 1hr screening with a senior engineer and one person shadowing. The question was pretty easy and dealt with implementing a cache using a language of your choice. The interviewer was super nice and pleasant to work with. He seemed to know a lot and care about D&I. 2 weeks later I asked for a follow up and the recruiter told me the position was closed. Bruh. A waste of my time.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Something along the lines of implement a cache. And a bunch of general questions regarding CS concepts that you either know it or don't. (It won't be hard if you have a CS degree or experience with SWE),
      Answer question
      2

      Spotify interviews FAQs

      • Software Engineer (Backend) applicants have rated the interview process at Spotify with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Software Engineer (Backend) roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 17 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Spotify overall takes an average of 39 days.
      • Common stages of the interview process at Spotify as a Software Engineer (Backend) according to 17 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  37%

        IQ intelligence test:  15%

        One on one interview:  11%

        Presentation:  11%

        Personality test:  7%

        Group panel interview:  7%

        Other:  7%

        Background check:  4%

      • Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -

        1. Software Engineer(141) ;
        2. Senior Software Engineer(66) ;
        3. Data Scientist(53) ;
        4. Product Manager(38) ;
        5. Senior Product Manager(29) ;
        6. Engineering Manager(26) ;
        7. Intern(26) ;
        8. Account Manager(25) ;
        9. Product Designer(24) ;
        10. Senior Data Scientist(22) ;
        11. Software Engineer II(22) ;
        12. Manager(21) ;
        13. Campaign Manager(20) ;
        14. Machine Learning Engineer(20) ;
        15. Client Partner(19) .


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