Backend Engineer Interview Experience - United States
March 25, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
1 phone screen, and onsite.
1 technical, 1 system design, behavioral, and case study. All LeetCode style. Traditional.
They are very slow, however. They will compare you with other candidates and get all the feedback at once. It's an employer's market, most definitely.
Questions
A BFS graph question that they made cute.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 8 interview experiences for the Spotify Backend Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
38%
Pass Rate
Spotify's interview process for their Backend Engineer roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive100%
Neutral0%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Spotify's Backend Engineer interview process in United States.
Spotify Work Experiences
4.0
A pretty decent place to work
Backend Engineer • Current Employee
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
December 15, 2022
Pros: Spotify takes overall well care of their employees. Spotify is positive about remote work, more so than many other big tech companies.
Cons: Big organization. Cross-squad work is slow. Some managers are not that good (like everywhere else, I guess).
5.0
Amazing company to work at!
Backend Engineer • Current Employee
Stockholm, Stockholm County, Sweden
February 27, 2022
Pros: Highly motivated and skilled colleagues, lots of learning opportunities, and an amazing culture.
Cons: Salary could be slightly better. Stock is volatile, and thus, stock options may or may not be worthless.
5.0
Amazing Culture, Driven Innovation
Backend Engineer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
December 17, 2020
Pros: Culture, inclusivity, acceptance, community, drive, innovation.
Cons: None that I can think of!
- 4.0A pretty decent place to workBackend Engineer • Current EmployeeStockholm, Stockholm County, SwedenDecember 15, 2022Pros: Spotify takes overall well care of their employees. Spotify is positive about remote work, more so than many other big tech companies.Cons: Big organization. Cross-squad work is slow. Some managers are not that good (like everywhere else, I guess).
- 5.0Amazing company to work at!Backend Engineer • Current EmployeeStockholm, Stockholm County, SwedenFebruary 27, 2022Pros: Highly motivated and skilled colleagues, lots of learning opportunities, and an amazing culture.Cons: Salary could be slightly better. Stock is volatile, and thus, stock options may or may not be worthless.
- 5.0Amazing Culture, Driven InnovationBackend Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesDecember 17, 2020Pros: Culture, inclusivity, acceptance, community, drive, innovation.Cons: None that I can think of!
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