I applied and got a very fast response from the recruiter. Had an initial call that went fine. I was told someone from scheduling would contact me about interviews. Two weeks passed and I heard nothing until I got an email from the same recruiter saying how it was good to talk and someone from scheduling would contact me — the kind of email you normally receive immediately after a phone call not two weeks later. So I fell off the radar, no big deal. So I have my phone screen on a Thursday. Was mostly fine. Nothing unreasonable, though having to just talk generally about a project you worked on, with no specifics on what the interviewers want to know about it was a bit daunting, but I think this is fairly standard in Spotify from the impression I got. Shortly after (still Thursday) I get an email from the recruiter saying they were moving forward and I could either let her call when free or book some time in her calendar. Since the next slot was Friday, and I already knew I passed, I booked a slot on Friday, just to know when to expect the call. The whole day passes and I hear nothing. I understand things come up, including things where you might not even have a chance to cancel. So I sent an email that evening in, and just said if something came up, that Monday was also fine. I never received any response at all in over a week and counting. Not exactly a great impression.

Initial phone screen and then a technical interview with two senior software engineers. My biggest issue was that the interview invite for the technical interview said "Backend Tech Screen." The evening before the interview, the recruiter sent an updated invite and I noticed the time was the same. Recruiter apologized for spamming my folder. The day of the interview, I was asked only front end based questions. It was not until after the interview that I saw that the technical review invite said "Web Tech Screen." I spent a week studying Java and doing a bunch of leetcode only for it to be worthless for the interview because they pulled a switch on me on the day before.