I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Spotify in Jan 2022
Interview
30min video call with recruiter to briefly understand the job role and salary expectations, 45min vc with hiring manager , 30min vc with potential future team mate, 30min vc with department director, 30min vc with head of hr. Interviewers were friendly and spoke highly of the working culture.
Recruiting coordinator helped to arrange the meetings quickly and efficiently with goodtime. Recruiter kept me updated once a week throughout the process and informed me of all the next steps. Offer was made the next day after the final interview and all admin matters were settled within the day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself
Why did you decide to leave your current employer and why do you wish to join Spotify + this role specifically
4 rounds process, incl. take-home case. Interviews were relatively straightforward with HR, Hiring manager, and Directors in the team. Mix of behavioral and technical questions. Take-home case was quite time consuming but very relevant for the role (recieve data set with a case question - expected to build a financial model and short presentation deck)
Interview was with HR. A very unpleasant experience: 1) The Interviewer was late and no apology was given. 2) No pleasantries or how are you, just straight into the robotic questioning. 3) HR said that if I had any questions I should email, I had to ask if I could ask questions during the call. Worst interview experience I have had. The HR interviewer shouldn't be vetting candidates as it gives a bad impression of Spotify.
Interview was okay, interviewers were patient and friendly and they took the effort to learn more about the candidate by asking the right questions. Not many stressful questions were asked.
