The first step was a basic recruiter phone screen, where we discussed background and interest in Spotify.

Next, there was a technical screen, which consisted of a discussion around my resume and previous projects, some tech trivia questions, and a coding question. The interviewer seemed nice but definitely wasn't an experienced interviewer. He asked trivia questions with specific answers in mind instead of facilitating an engaging discussion. The coding question, in retrospect, was a fair and standard problem. However, the interviewer didn't explain the initial problem well and didn't correct me when I attempted to solve an entirely different problem. This is quite possible for a candidate who only knows the inputs and expected outputs.

Overall, it was not a good interviewing experience. The company passed on a potential hire simply because the interviewer was not trained properly to assess talent.

Standard LeetCode medium-easy level question.