I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Spotify (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
The day after showing initial interest in working at Spotify, I was contacted by HR. A week later, I went in for lunch, an architectural interview with some members of the team, followed by informal coffee interview afterwards. I was also giving a take-home project to work on, and a week to complete it. A few days after going in to their office, I chatted on Skype with the director of engineering to answer any lingering questions I had. A couple days after submitting the take-home project, I received an offer.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Take home project was to create something (open-ended) with their Metadata API.
I applied online. I interviewed at Spotify (New York, NY) in May 2026
Interview
Spoke with a recruiter, was ghosted after the interview. He asked all the standard questions - why Spotify, expected level, salary expectation, what are the priorities, why left previous company, etc.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was the most complicated project you were working on in your previous company?
Initial HR Call and screening, then arround two weeks later leet code task, followed by on-site architectural/design test and the final culture fit check with HR/Managers. Overall the process was 3-4 weeks.
I applied online. I interviewed at Spotify in Dec 2025
Interview
The interview process was long and drawn out. It took 2.5 months with multiple delays and rearrangements from Spotify side. I can’t fault the actual interviewers, they were very nice and considerate, but the organisation of the process was very messy and disorganised. At the end I received a rejection with no feedback on Christmas Eve.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Debug a production system with logs and Linux commands
