Spotify interview questions
Updated Jun 1, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mixed
How others got an interview
- 15%RecruiterRecruiter
- 11%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 2%OtherOther
- 1%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 1%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
- 1%In PersonIn Person
Interview search
1,247 interviews
Spotify interviews FAQs
- Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Spotify as 47.4% positive with a difficulty rating score of 2.98 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Software Engineer In Test and Marketing Manager rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Software Engineering and Web Developer roles were rated as the easiest.
- The hiring process at Spotify takes an average of 39 days when considering 863 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Software Engineering had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Agile Coach roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 330 days).
- Common stages of the interview process at Spotify according to 863 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 22%
Presentation: 11%
Skills test: 11%
Group panel interview: 10%
Background check: 4%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 1%
Here are the most commonly searched roles for interview reports -
- Software Engineer(138) ;
- Senior Software Engineer(65) ;
- Data Scientist(52) ;
- Product Manager(38) ;
- Senior Product Manager(29) ;
- Engineering Manager(26) ;
- Intern(26) ;
- Account Manager(25) ;
- Product Designer(23) ;
- Senior Data Scientist(22) ;
- Software Engineer II(22) ;
- Manager(21) ;
- Campaign Manager(20) ;
- Machine Learning Engineer(20) ;
- Client Partner(19) .
