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Senior Backend Engineer Interview Experience - Boston, Massachusetts

August 1, 2019
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Process

Approached by an internal recruiter.

It took a week to schedule a conversation with the internal recruiter. I was asked high-level distributed computing questions.

I then scheduled the next interview, which was conducted via Google Hangout. I was directed to a code-sharing site for a coding test. There were no rules set regarding whether I could look up API documentation or syntax help. I made a number of mistakes with array syntax. My program did produce correct results for all edge cases. However, from an observer's point of view, I definitely struggled because of array syntax errors. Although I answered the rest of the questions correctly, it was not a smooth interview. Hence, I was not moved forward to the next step.

Questions

Describe a project you have accomplished.

Remove duplicates from an array of integers while maintaining the original order.

Explain the data structure chosen.

What's the complexity of the program?

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Spotify's interview process for their Senior Backend Engineer roles in Boston, Massachusetts is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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