Data Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
Process
The interview process started with a phone screen that was pretty simple.
When it came time for the on-site, I showed up at the WTC. I got a badge from the ground floor that allowed me to scan in and take an elevator up. However, when I got to the floor for the interview, I was stuck in the elevator atrium as I couldn't scan into the actual office. I had to wait for approximately five minutes for somebody else to let me in.
My recruiter was supposed to meet me at a given time, but showed up around fifteen minutes late. This meant that I arrived at the first interview late, through no fault of my own.
The room I was interviewing in had a broken overhead light, meaning I spent the entire day interviewing in a dark room.
Questions
Build out the architecture to go from a stream of user-level event data on their devices to time-aggregatable metrics in a dashboard.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 9 interview experiences for the Spotify Data Engineer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
Spotify's interview process for their Data Engineer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Spotify's Data Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
Spotify Work Experiences
- 4.0Nice place to workData Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesMay 9, 2018Pros: Good company culture. Good 401K match (6%). Good PTO (20 days + 3 floating days).Cons: There's work overlap across different teams.
- 5.0Fantastic Culture, Slow PaceData Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesMarch 24, 2022Pros: My coworkers are a pleasure to work with, and the company culture is overall fantastic.Cons: Can feel slow at times.
- 4.0Great Culture, Uneven TeamsData Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesNovember 17, 2017Pros: Great company culture. Lot's of variance between teams, so you can always find a team that works for you.Cons: On the flip side of the variety of teams, some teams are very out-of-sync with the rest of the company. This is probably typical of a young company; it takes a while for culture to become standardized. Some teams are too dysfunctional, a shame for the company.
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