J'ai postulé via un recruteur. Le processus a pris 6 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Spotify (New York, NY)
Entretien
I was contacted by Spotify about potential opportunities. There was an initial recruiter phone screen followed by a 60 minute Round1 interview conducted over Google Hangout with shared documents.
From the start the scheduling of phone screen was problematic. I would suggest a couple days+times later in the week and would get no response until the following week, asking for new times. I'd reply and then once again not hear back. This back and forth and long delays went on for 1 month. When it happened, the phone screen was routine and non-technical, just standard goals, request for current salary, etc. I generally don't like salary sharing this early but they claim they want to be sure we're in the same ballpark, which is fair-- so I gave a wider range.
The Google Hangout technical interview was scheduled and the first time I was never contacted at the date+time by the interviewer. We rescheduled with the recruiter for a couple days later, and it happened on time. The interview was a technical discussion of CS fundamentals and common knowledge questions about the discipline I focus on. There was a couple routine programming questions on the shared document, mostly along the lines of: write a function that does ___. It wasn't all that hard. It concluded that they would be in touch in a few days with feedback.
After this I never heard back from them, and was so worn out by the process I didn't bother to follow up. It took over 6 weeks to reach that point and still fell apart.
Interesting company but poor communication in the recruitment pipeline, and didn't get the sense of any urgency in hiring or value of individual candidates. Perhaps they have a big pipeline and let people fall through the cracks since they can.
J'ai passé un entretien chez Spotify (Amsterdam) en mai 2026
Entretien
One of the most disrespectful interview processes I've ever been a part of. First stage was a call with a recruiter, which went fine although there was more than a whiff of wannabe silicon valley waffle from his end.
I progressed and was booked in for a 2nd stage with an engineer. However on the day of the interview it was cancelled as I was told there were scheduling conflicts. Ok fine, it happens. The interview was rearranged for the following week - when the same thing happened again! Interview cancelled on the day due to scheduling conflicts. Booked in again for the following week (third time lucky?) and this time it wasn't cancelled on the day. BUT I joined the call and no-one showed up! After 10-15 minutes I emailed the recruiter who told me the interviewer was off sick but apparently hadn't told anyone?
Finally at the fourth attempt I had my interview with an engineer. It was 75 minutes and consisted of a discussion about a recent project as well as some technical questions and a leetcode task (2 largest elements). It seemed to go ok and I was told I would hear back soon. However after 2 weeks I hadn't heard anything so I decided to email the recruiter asking for an update. That was almost a month ago and as of yet I've still heard nothing back. I'm fine with not passing an interview but I expect at least a cursory "thanks but no thanks" but apparently even that is asking too much.
This whole experience has left me almost glad I wasn't progressed - if this is an insight into life at Spotify I'm happy to not work there. This kind of behaviour shows a complete lack of respect for candidates and their time, so I dread to think how they treat their employees.
J'ai postulé en ligne. J'ai passé un entretien chez Spotify (New York, NY) en mai 2026
Entretien
Spoke with a recruiter, was ghosted after the interview. He asked all the standard questions - why Spotify, expected level, salary expectation, what are the priorities, why left previous company, etc.
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
What was the most complicated project you were working on in your previous company?
Initial HR Call and screening, then arround two weeks later leet code task, followed by on-site architectural/design test and the final culture fit check with HR/Managers. Overall the process was 3-4 weeks.