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      Software Engineer - Backend Interview

      Aug 17, 2018
      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 through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Spotify (Stockholm, Stockholm) in Aug 2018

      Interview

      Quick chat with recruiter, talked about my experience, etc. Asked me to describe one time I made a mistake. Second part was 1.5h interview with two engineers where they made me talk about the project I was working on. I described high level and also got into specifics. They also asked questions about certain areas of the system. I think I did this part ok but feedback was that I didn't explain well the low level details. This was a bit of a surprised to me as they responded positively to my explanations. In my opinion, it wasn't clear as to how deep they wanted me to go so I'd recommend to keep asking whether your explanation is low level enough or whether you should go further. Codility test: simple enough (remove duplicates from a list of integers keeping the order). Engineers were nice, gave hints, etc. They asked me how you'd test the code, time/space complexity and a way to make it more optimal. I didn't do great on this part but that's mainly on me as I got stuck, probably for lack of practice.

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      TCP/UDP, difference and what you could use each one for
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      Explain java garbage collector
      Answer question

      Question 3

      what is map/reduce
      Answer question
      5
      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
      Answer question

      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