Sr. Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York
Process
It was a good interview experience compared to other large-scale tech companies. I met so many smart people with different experiences and learned so much about the company.
I mentioned no offer, but that was for the team I was particularly interested in. They offered me another team, but I declined to proceed due to some skill set expertise.
Questions
Data Structures: Trees, Strings, Lists
Coding Trivia: I like that their coding trivia revolves around core coding problems, unlike junky HackerRank or LeetCode.
Their trivia really tests your core coding ability.
However, I was constantly checking my assumptions with the interviewer but was surprised to hear in the very end that I was on an incorrect path, even though I clarified my path with the interviewer before proceeding. That's why I am giving a neutral rating.
Networking concepts like CDNs, DNS, HTTPS certificates, and your domain will be very helpful.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Spotify Sr. Software Engineer role in New York, New York.
Success Rate
Spotify's interview process for their Sr. Software 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 Sr. Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.
Spotify Work Experiences
- 5.0Beautiful Place, Crowded WorkSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesApril 25, 2023Pros: It is a beautiful place where people work hard.Cons: It is very crowded until work.
- 1.0Worst Manager I've Ever HadSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesAugust 6, 2020Pros: Some of the internal tooling was fun to play around with, if you're a music nerd.Cons: Working at Spotify was easily the nadir of my career. My manager basically ignored all input from everyone on the team, and didn't do much of anything in terms of providing technical leadership, or helping me with my career growth. He clearly didn't care about how long projects took to complete. Ultimately, he retaliated against myself and two other members of my team after we submitted negative feedback about him during a performance review. Spotify does just about everything possible to allow managers to retaliate against their direct reports. Feedback is not anonymized or obfuscated at all, and managers are able to read their feedback from their direct reports before writing evaluations for their direct reports. Overall, Spotify seems like it has a broad spectrum of experiences. Some teams and some managers are presumably great, and you would never have a problem with them. However, the bad managers are very bad, and they're not going anywhere. My advice for anyone thinking of accepting a position here is to make sure you know who you would be reporting to, and how they run their team. If you can, try to get some input from the ICs on that team as well.
- 5.0A good place to workSenior Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJune 23, 2021Pros: A young company, but it grows very quickly.Cons: Some teams might have challenging work to do.
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