Android Engineer Interview Experience - Stockholm, Sweden
Process
First, a recruiter approached me and set up a quick call. They asked me around 10 quite basic technical questions; this was just a first filter.
Next, I had a video interview scheduled. It consisted of three parts:
- A trivia section (Android and computer science questions)
- A coding exercise (approximately 30 minutes)
- A review exercise
This took around 1.5 hours.
When they got back to me, we scheduled an on-site interview. They flew me to Stockholm, and everyone was really friendly there. I had to show one of my own projects, then design a feature (high-level). After that, we had lunch, during which I could ask whatever I wanted, followed by a culture round.
They told me it went well about a week later and asked for some contacts for a reference check (my manager and my dev lead).
It all took around 3-4 months from the recruiter lookup until the offer.
Questions
Describe one of my successes, one of my failures, one of my conflicts.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the Spotify Android Engineer role in Stockholm, Sweden.
Success Rate
Spotify's interview process for their Android Engineer roles in Stockholm, Sweden is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Spotify's Android Engineer interview process in Stockholm, Sweden.
Spotify Work Experiences
- 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.
- 3.0Layoffs broke the company spiritSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeStockholm, Stockholm County, SwedenJune 17, 2024Pros: Work-life balance is still good.Cons: Leadership has no idea of what they're doing. They spent a fortune on useless things and failed projects.
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