Great people, good opportunities, mediocre technology
Great people, good opportunities, mediocre technology
Spotify feels motivated, yet more casual than other similar companies I've worked at. I consider my coworkers my friends, and there's a great work-life balance.
There's opportunity for technical growth and leadership if you're assertive. In my experience, hack weeks and days are actually real and not too hard to schedule in.
Mediocre benefits compared to competitors.
Mediocre technical stack with a lot of technical debt, although we are improving in this area.
Highly autonomous teams can lead to poor design.
Performance and compensation review process is poorly defined and hard to fathom.
A lot of the less experienced technical staff drink the company Kool-Aid and do not see its shortcomings.
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Engineer
I had an initial phone interview, followed by four interviews at the offices. Some of my interviewers seemed rushed and didn't appear to be paying attention. The recruiters, however, were generally responsive, which was appreciated. Aside from those
Data Engineer
I was selected for an interview after a chat with a recruiter who reached out to me on LinkedIn. Unfortunately, I had to reschedule once, and the interview was later canceled because they had found a candidate. I completely understand that hiring t
Android Engineer
The technical screen was straightforward and easy. The onsite round included a behavioral interview, a system design interview, a data structures and algorithms interview, and an IDE interview. The IDE interview involved building an Android app from
Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesApril 1, 2016I had an initial phone interview, followed by four interviews at the offices. Some of my interviewers seemed rushed and didn't appear to be paying attention. The recruiters, however, were generally responsive, which was appreciated. Aside from those
Data Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesJuly 22, 2025I was selected for an interview after a chat with a recruiter who reached out to me on LinkedIn. Unfortunately, I had to reschedule once, and the interview was later canceled because they had found a candidate. I completely understand that hiring t
Android Engineer
New York, New York, United StatesMay 1, 2025The technical screen was straightforward and easy. The onsite round included a behavioral interview, a system design interview, a data structures and algorithms interview, and an IDE interview. The IDE interview involved building an Android app from
