Android Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
May 1, 2025
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The technical screen was straightforward and easy.
The onsite round included a behavioral interview, a system design interview, a data structures and algorithms interview, and an IDE interview. The IDE interview involved building an Android app from scratch. I would recommend preparing to build views if the role is front-end or full-stack.
Questions
DS and algorithms question during the onsite was a variation of a challenging Combination Sum problem:
Given a collection of candidate numbers (candidates) and a target number (target), find all unique combinations in candidates where the candidate numbers sum to target.
Each number in candidates may only be used once in the combination.
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Spotify's interview process for their Android Engineer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
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Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Spotify's Android Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
Spotify Work Experiences
5.0
The best job I had so far
Android Engineer • Current Employee
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
August 12, 2019
Pros: - Working with really smart people.
- Working in cross-functional teams, having end-to-end responsibility of a product.
- Free food all day.
- Lots of after-work events, with a separate floor for having fun (ping pong, foosball, VR room, karaoke room, board game room, and more).
- Free Spotify account.
- People from all around the world, really open and really friendly.
- Chance to go to conferences and visit other offices in other countries (or even relocate there, fully supported).
- Changing teams from time to time is encouraged.
- Good quality product.
- Great development environment provided, with a good IT department.
- Flexible working hours.
Cons: - Making Swedish friends is not easy, but they mostly speak English even amongst themselves.
- Getting a promotion is not easy. The whole system is a bit weird for me. The people who decide if you are worthy are people you are not working with. In order to move forward, you need to increase your visibility, which means that everyone gets a lot of company-wide emails from people trying to do exactly that about topics that are not important.
- The salary is not great compared to other companies in Stockholm, but including the other perks (like stock options) it's still a pretty neat package.
5.0
Flexible, Collaborative, Minor Communication Gaps
Android Engineer • Current Employee
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
February 3, 2017
Pros: Highly collaborative environment, great benefits and perks, lots of flexibility and learning opportunities.
Cons: Rapidly growing organizations can sometimes create communication gaps between various skillset groupings.
3.0
Good Benefits, Declining Work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
November 15, 2025
Pros: They provide good benefits for employees.
Cons: Company ways of working have gone downhill.
- 5.0The best job I had so farAndroid Engineer • Current EmployeeStockholm, Stockholm County, SwedenAugust 12, 2019Pros: - Working with really smart people. - Working in cross-functional teams, having end-to-end responsibility of a product. - Free food all day. - Lots of after-work events, with a separate floor for having fun (ping pong, foosball, VR room, karaoke room, board game room, and more). - Free Spotify account. - People from all around the world, really open and really friendly. - Chance to go to conferences and visit other offices in other countries (or even relocate there, fully supported). - Changing teams from time to time is encouraged. - Good quality product. - Great development environment provided, with a good IT department. - Flexible working hours.Cons: - Making Swedish friends is not easy, but they mostly speak English even amongst themselves. - Getting a promotion is not easy. The whole system is a bit weird for me. The people who decide if you are worthy are people you are not working with. In order to move forward, you need to increase your visibility, which means that everyone gets a lot of company-wide emails from people trying to do exactly that about topics that are not important. - The salary is not great compared to other companies in Stockholm, but including the other perks (like stock options) it's still a pretty neat package.
- 5.0Flexible, Collaborative, Minor Communication GapsAndroid Engineer • Current EmployeeBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesFebruary 3, 2017Pros: Highly collaborative environment, great benefits and perks, lots of flexibility and learning opportunities.Cons: Rapidly growing organizations can sometimes create communication gaps between various skillset groupings.
- 3.0Good Benefits, Declining WorkSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesNovember 15, 2025Pros: They provide good benefits for employees.Cons: Company ways of working have gone downhill.
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