Data Engineer Interview Experience - Stockholm, Sweden
February 19, 2020
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Process
Remote:
- Tons of CS trivia, half were data engineering related.
- Extremely easy coding and SQL problems.
Onsite:
- System design, easy big data streaming pipeline design.
- Behavioural, very in-depth about past experience; being honest is the key.
- Coding, very easy data structure interface design with tests + very easy coding problem. Discussion on how you would solve such a problem when data doesn't fit in memory, then on disk.
- Case, troubleshooting, derive conclusions from metrics.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 11 interview experiences for the Spotify Data Engineer role in Stockholm, Sweden.
Success Rate
36%
Pass Rate
Spotify's interview process for their Data Engineer roles in Stockholm, Sweden 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 Data Engineer interview process in Stockholm, Sweden.
Spotify Work Experiences
4.0
Great work-life balance, limited growth
Data Engineer • Former Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
July 8, 2025
Pros: Work-life balance is second to none.
Nice and smart colleagues to work with.
Cons: The organization is massively bloated, and there's not much to do for individual contributors. It's hard to grow or get noticed.
4.0
Good work-life balance, low pay
Data Engineer • Current Employee
Amsterdam, Netherlands
July 25, 2025
Pros: Good work-life balance with WFH.
Cons: Lower pay and few benefits compared to the Amsterdam market.
5.0
A great place to grow
Data Engineer • Current Employee
Portland, Maine, United States
October 31, 2024
Pros: I have had the autonomy that I have wanted at several jobs to accomplish my projects the way that best works for our team. Teammates are very competent.
Cons: Fragmentation in technology can make it difficult to understand other teams' code.
- 4.0Great work-life balance, limited growthData Engineer • Former EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomJuly 8, 2025Pros: Work-life balance is second to none. Nice and smart colleagues to work with.Cons: The organization is massively bloated, and there's not much to do for individual contributors. It's hard to grow or get noticed.
- 4.0Good work-life balance, low payData Engineer • Current EmployeeAmsterdam, NetherlandsJuly 25, 2025Pros: Good work-life balance with WFH.Cons: Lower pay and few benefits compared to the Amsterdam market.
- 5.0A great place to growData Engineer • Current EmployeePortland, Maine, United StatesOctober 31, 2024Pros: I have had the autonomy that I have wanted at several jobs to accomplish my projects the way that best works for our team. Teammates are very competent.Cons: Fragmentation in technology can make it difficult to understand other teams' code.
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