Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. La procedura ha richiesto 4 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Spotify (New York, NY) nel mese di ott 2013
Colloquio
Responded within 24 hours after I submitted the application. Really interesting job requirements. Went through two phone interviews, basic knowledge questions and not hard coding problems. Went on-site for interviews about two weeks after the last phone interview. Everything feels good, the company is clearly a more than awesome place to work in, though I myself is to blame to code some really dirty in one of the coding interviews. That can be the major reason I am rejected.
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There is only one unpleasant experience, it is the system design interview. The interviewer kept prying the system architecture I designed in my last summer internship, where I did in a small startup. He asked every details and clearly impatient and displeased with the simple design I brought about. That made me uncomfortable, since his questions are based on some facts which already happened in the past and there is nothing I can change about. And clearly my design is also based on the practical need and some conventions already established in that company. Wouldn't it be more proper that questions are drawn like "what's your opinion over XXX situation? what's your ideal design if faced with XXX?" Instead, I am getting responses like "Oh so you guys make it this simple? Why?" with displeased expressions. I felt it so unfair since he was evaluating the company I interned in but not myself. Just hope these kind of interview questions can be better designed. nobody likes being put in the situation that either you lie about the things you did or you admitted some naive design you have applied, which is actually very reasonable under that certain practical circumstance.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Spotify (New York, NY) nel mese di mag 2026
Colloquio
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.
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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.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Spotify nel mese di dic 2025
Colloquio
The interview process was long and drawn out. It took 2.5 months with multiple delays and rearrangements from Spotify side. I can’t fault the actual interviewers, they were very nice and considerate, but the organisation of the process was very messy and disorganised. At the end I received a rejection with no feedback on Christmas Eve.
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Domanda 1
Debug a production system with logs and Linux commands
