Some Spotify teams have a good culture. Receiving stock options at a low strike price makes for good compensation. There are many opportunities to work on interesting problems.
Not all teams are equal.
Management in some business areas are too focused on politics. This can result in people and product coming second to politics.
Salary growth and promotions rely entirely on self-advocacy and manager.
It's time for pay transparency and clear guidelines around how pay works. Signing a collective bargaining agreement could really help the company.
Phone screen consisting of a paired coding session followed by an interview with the hiring manager. Second (final) round consisted of 4 panel (pair) interviews: two behavioral, one system design, and one additional coding.
Waste of time. The recruiter seemed out of her depth, and the team didn't appear to have a connection to the larger, overall mission. There was a lot of autonomy but very little strategic direction. The "staff" engineer who interviewed me seemed i
I was contacted for an interview, and it was scheduled. Before the interview time, the recruiter canceled it only two hours beforehand without giving any reason. I even contacted them asking why, but received no reply. Incredibly unprofessional.
Phone screen consisting of a paired coding session followed by an interview with the hiring manager. Second (final) round consisted of 4 panel (pair) interviews: two behavioral, one system design, and one additional coding.
Waste of time. The recruiter seemed out of her depth, and the team didn't appear to have a connection to the larger, overall mission. There was a lot of autonomy but very little strategic direction. The "staff" engineer who interviewed me seemed i
I was contacted for an interview, and it was scheduled. Before the interview time, the recruiter canceled it only two hours beforehand without giving any reason. I even contacted them asking why, but received no reply. Incredibly unprofessional.