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      Software Engineer (Backend) Interview

      Sep 26, 2017
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Stockholm, Stockholm

      Other Software Engineer (Backend) interview reviews for Spotify

      Software Engineer, Backend Interview

      Sep 29, 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at Spotify (Stockholm, Stockholm) in Sep 2017

      Interview

      First a standard HR interview on google hangouts. Then I received an email with preperations for the next interview. It said to prepare a presentation of a project that I'd worked with, to practice on a few coding tests on hackerrank, to read the book cracking the coding interview. I did that and went to the second interview. They did not seem very interested in the project, they mostly wanted to how much devops experience I had. They said that they are looking for developers with extensive devops experience. I got a coding assignment to solve on the board. Then questions on how to scale it. After that they asked some trivia questions. I thought my answers were correct but in the email following the interview it said that I hadn't been precise enough, so make sure that your answers are very clear. Also be sure to tell them all of your devops experience. I was a bit dissapointed that they were not more interested in system development skills.

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      What are the use cases for TCP and UDP? Whick one would you use for http, vpn, ftp, voip, ssh etc
      Answer question

      Question 2

      What are the pros and cons of map reduce?
      Answer question

      Question 3

      Are there any cons with TDD?
      1 Answer
      1
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Spotify

      Interview

      Was reached out by recruiter after cold apply. Interviewer asked basic questions to know the background as initial screening step, but didnt proceed to next steps after cancelling the scheduled interviews. suspect its bc visa issues

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      tell me about yourself, resume run through
      Answer question

      Backend Developer Interview

      Aug 3, 2022
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Spotify

      Interview

      In overall, it was a positive experience. Everybody's nice there. I like every step and challenge. Everybody was supportive and well informed about the whole interview process which was really long.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Generate a unique random number between a range
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      Software Engineer, Backend Interview

      Feb 7, 2022
      Anonymous interview candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Spotify (New York, NY) in Dec 2021

      Interview

      1) 15min recruiter screening. The recruiter was nice but seem to be in a rush the whole time. 2) 1hr screening with a senior engineer and one person shadowing. The question was pretty easy and dealt with implementing a cache using a language of your choice. The interviewer was super nice and pleasant to work with. He seemed to know a lot and care about D&I. 2 weeks later I asked for a follow up and the recruiter told me the position was closed. Bruh. A waste of my time.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Something along the lines of implement a cache. And a bunch of general questions regarding CS concepts that you either know it or don't. (It won't be hard if you have a CS degree or experience with SWE),
      Answer question
      2