A first interview with the recruiter, a day with different areas of the business and a case study and a last one meeting the team consisting of Engineering manager and five team members
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Spotify (Stockholm, Stockholm) in Mar 2026
Interview
First call with a recruiter was very short. The recruiter was first 5 min late and then it was over after 10 min. They only hardly asked any questions and then said thank you, no chance to elaborate.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Spotify (London, England) in Nov 2024
Interview
it was one screening call, then one hiring manager interview, and then a round of five final virtual interviews - two product interviews, then two engineering interview, and one values round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe how a transformer based TTS model works and reason about common issues
Engineering Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Spotify with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 47.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Engineering Manager roles take an average of 49 days to get hired, when considering 8 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 Engineering Manager according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 32%
Presentation: 16%
One on one interview: 16%
Group panel interview: 12%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Drug test: 8%
Personality test: 4%
Skills test: 4%
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