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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      27 Feb 2019
      Anonymous interview candidate
      London, England
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Spotify (London, England) in Feb 2019

      Interview

      I really hope they give me no offer, because after doing all the on site interview I was feeling like not entering that door and seeing that people again. If they will give me an offer instead then I will have to consider it because of the importance of the company, but not with a joyous hearth. I think this is the problem with interviews with important companies, they have so much hiring power that they pay so little attention to the candidate experience at interviews. The interview was an excruciating 5 hours onsite. No breaks, no stop. Even lunch was with some engineers, that were forced to lunch with me because it's spotify's game and you play it. Some interviewers were nice, but they seemed all to put a large effort not to smile or be welcoming. One started giving bad looks to me as soon as he entered the room and then every question I was asking was answering in an annoyed way. Others were indeed nicer. On the last interview I asked for a break, as I was exhausted, was not given, instead we run out of time and they literally rushed me out of the door. It's an interesting company for sure and maybe if you pass the interview it's even very nice to work at, who knows, but honestly I would not interview there again. I interviewed for Facebook and was a much nicer experience. At this point I'm starting questioning myself if I really want to apply to big companies like this again. I think all in all the interview wasn't particularly difficult, but I was so stressed and pressured that I feel I have underperformed largely. Maybe they want to see if people do perform under pressure and having the luxury of having many good candidates allows for this.

      Interview questions [2]

      Question 1

      coding exercise on whiteboard on linked lists (or array list your choice)
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      strange system design they want you to know the speed of hard drives lol
      Answer question
      5

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      10 Feb 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
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      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

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      Question 1

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      Answer question
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      28 Mar 2025
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      Average interview

      Application

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      Interview

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      22 Apr 2024
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
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