I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Spotify
Interview
Recruitement Team is a master of Ghosting. Stop wasting your time. After seeing many ghosting experiences in blind and glassdoor. I thought to give it a try and even after obtaining the confirmation that they'll not ghost me and reach back to me whether or not the result is positive or negative, they still did what they're known for. I don't know why they are so gutless to properly reply back to share the outcome of an interview. Before the last round they were so prompt in giving replies and that gave me thought that the recruiters I got was good and gave me inspiration to continue. Regarding interview, it was fairly easy with 2 coding round, 2 data engineering based system design rounds and 1 behavioural
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?
