I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Spotify (New York, NY) in Feb 2019
Interview
The interview process started with a phone screen that was pretty simple.
When it came time for the on-site, I showed up at the WTC. I got a badge from the ground floor that allowed me to scan in and take an elevator up, but when I got to the floor for the interview I was stuck in the elevator atrium (As I couldn't scan into the actual office) and had to wait for ~5 minutes for somebody else to let me in. My recruiter was supposed to meet me at a given time, but showed up around 15 minutes late, meaning that I showed up to the first interview late through no fault of my own. The room I was interviewing had a broken overhead light, meaning I spent the entire day interviewing in a dark room.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Build out the architecture to go from a stream of user-level event data on their devices to time-aggregatable metrics in a dashboard.
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.
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
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?
