Senior Backend Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
Process
This was a very straightforward process. A recruiter contacted me through LinkedIn.
An initial conversation, lasting about 45 minutes, covered my current experience. A phone interview was then scheduled for the following week.
After clearing the phone round, an onsite interview was scheduled about 10 days later.
Questions
Phone Interview: Asked about experience and current work.
Tech question (on Codediff): Given a small string and a larger string, write a program to find out if the smaller string can be generated from alphabets in the larger string. Analyze Big O complexity for best and worst cases.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Spotify Senior Backend Engineer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
Spotify's interview process for their Senior Backend Engineer roles in New York, New York is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Spotify's Senior Backend Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
Spotify Work Experiences
- 5.0Amazing place to workSenior Backend Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesFebruary 13, 2023Pros: * Care about their employees * Layoffs are rare * Smart people * Great brandCons: Hard to advance past senior engineer. A bit chaotic. There are a lot of experimental teams that don't have impact.
- 5.0Great Community, Tough Salary TalksSenior Backend Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesMay 30, 2022Pros: Promotes opportunities and equality for a better community.Cons: It is difficult to negotiate salary.
- 3.0Positive culture, organizationally a messSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesMarch 22, 2024Pros: - People come together having a shared love of music. - Lots of cool technical challenges and ways to evolve the platform. - Company all hands and communications on the bets help show what all teams are working toward.Cons: - Top-down approach to management. - Really hard to get promoted or even to switch teams. - Several re-orgs in a short time span. - Lack of a unified vision. When a vision is presented, it's unclear if those teams are actually being sufficiently supported. - Salary is lower than the industry standard, and some younger employees are definitely underpaid.
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