J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 6 mois. J'ai passé un entretien chez Spotify (New York, NY) en janv. 2018
Entretien
Flakey recruiters with non-existent response times
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Several (3 to be exact) have reached out to me for engineering roles at Spotify within a 6 month window. Phone screens go well and we schedule a follow up, however correspondence halts nearly each time when trying to schedule.
I've sent several follow up emails to continue the process, but have been met with a wall -- only to have a follow-up with yet a new recruiter going through the same thing. While I understand this happening once or twice, 3 times is too many for a "cold shoulder".
If you're lucky enough to get a responsive recruiter, this may be worth your while -- however, be warned that you may go through several. If you're towards a deadline, either start with Spotify very early on or not at all.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Current tech stack, familiarity with technologies used at Spotify?
What draws you to Spotify?
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Spotify en sept. 2025
Entretien
When I applied to Spotify, I already had an offer from another company. I communicated this upfront and asked the recruiters to move the process as quickly as possible so my existing offer would not expire. I was told the process normally takes 3 weeks and that they would try to complete it in 2. In reality, it took far longer.
The process was repeatedly delayed. The recruiters were based in Singapore, which resulted in ~24h delays between each email. Additional days were lost due to technical issues with the scheduling platform. The company also had a “wellbeing week,” during which no interviews took place. I was never informed that this would delay the process by another full week.
Despite performing very well in all interview rounds, I then heard nothing for nearly 2 more weeks. When I followed up—5 weeks after the process started—I was rejected. The explicit reason given was that I was “in a hurry.”
I find this treatment of candidates unacceptable and highly unprofessional. I was transparent from the beginning about my limited availability (1–2 weeks), yet after 5 weeks of delays I was rejected for the very constraint I had communicated upfront. Given my strong interview performance and how closely my experience aligned with the role, I am confident I would have received an offer if not for the poorly managed timeline.
Overall, this was a deeply disappointing experience. I invested many stressful hours in preparation and interviews, only to be rejected due to process inefficiencies rather than merit. This experience has significantly harmed my perception of Spotify as an employer.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Algorithms in application to Spotify functionality, implement an existing feature during system design.
J'ai postulé en ligne. Le processus a pris 3 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Spotify en mars 2025
Entretien
Recruiter screen followed by a technical screening. The tech screen was a mix of easy to medium LC questions chosen on the spot along with random JavaScript trivia. Interviewers were friendly and helpful, which I appreciated.
That said, the process overall felt disjointed. The job I applied for changed titles midway through the process, which made things a bit confusing, and the internal misalignment was palpable.
I followed up with the recruiter a week later and received a generic, canned rejection.
Phone screen, followed by onsite based on core Javascript concepts, system design, and values interview. Pretty standard overall, focus on STAR format answers for the values round. System design was more focused on frontend since I interviewed for an FE role.