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      Data Engineer Interview

      Jul 16, 2017
      Anonymous employee
      Stockholm, Stockholm
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Spotify (Stockholm, Stockholm) in Dec 2016

      Interview

      The steps for me where: 1. Online pre-screening with a recruiter (~1h) 2. (If recruiter is happy) Online screening (~1h) with 2 engineers. First half is about discussing two/three relatively simple algorithmic problems, discussing multiple solutions, optimisations, complexity of solutions. Second half is trivia questions, quite many of them, some are very concise, some are more open ended and you can ask questions to get clarifications. 3. (If engineers are happy) On-site interviews - 4 interviews (~1h each) in one day, 2 interviews before lunch, then lunch with random employees from different teams, then two more interviews. Each interview is done by two people: - One with hiring managers, talking more about soft skills and cultural fit - One case-study interview (incident troubleshooting and problem mitigation) - One system design interview (with an angle on data processing, because I was interviewing for a Data engineer position) - One coding (on the board) interview with an additional angle on testing approaches Overall, a pleasant experience, although the on-site interviews are quite exhausting. The recruiter is with you through all steps along the way, checking in, asking for feedback, and forwarding very good and concrete feedback from each of the interviews. The process was quite long due to Christmas and New years period and lower availability of interviewers as well as my personal availability. I got feedback at most a week after an interview though, about whether there will be a next step.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Given a firehose that shoots real time events about songs being played, how would you calculate the top N tracks played in the past day, and keep those top N updated through time?
      1 Answer
      3

      Other Data Engineer Interview Reviews for Spotify

      Data Engineer Interview

      May 20, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      London, England
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Spotify (London, England)

      Interview

      The interview process was long. I had a positive interview with HR. But the next stage was coding round with 2 senior engineers interview was tough need to good practice before going to the interview.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      HR process just had general questions. But in coding round. It first started with a few basic questions about what is garbage value. About the distinction between process and program and what is columnar approach in tables.
      Answer question

      Data Engineer Interview

      May 14, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Dallas, TX
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Spotify (Dallas, TX) in May 2026

      Interview

      Recruiter Asked about background and visa status, and had secluded for 30 mins but didn't know she was in a rush and wind up in 12 mins and after that got selected for next round tech screen

      Data Engineer Interview

      Mar 26, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Spotify (New York, NY) in Mar 2026

      Interview

      Received an offer for an interview with a recruiter around early March, it was 20 minutes and the recruiter was very sweet! I was asked about my background, she asked me to elaborate on specific experiences on my resume, challenges I encountered, what technical frameworks I used, the standard questions. It was very straightforward and I received the offer later that day for the final round interview consisting of a 45 min behavorial interview and a 45 min technical interview.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What challenges did you run into on a project and how did you navigate it?
      Answer question

      Spotify interviews FAQs

      • Data Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Spotify with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 46% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
      • Candidates applying for Data Engineer roles take an average of 27 days to get hired, when considering 28 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 Data Engineer according to 28 Glassdoor interviews include:

        Phone interview:  43%

        One on one interview:  17%

        Skills test:  13%

        Group panel interview:  9%

        Presentation:  7%

        Background check:  6%

        Personality test:  4%

        IQ intelligence test:  2%

      • 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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