I came from a highly corporate job, and while I knew that the culture here would be good, I did not expect anything like this. The fact that a company this big could still maintain a culture this awesome is incredible.
And yet, it doesn't take long for you to realize that despite the fact that people seem to be constantly socializing and just hanging out, a TON of work actually gets done.
Career development is carefully maintained, and as the company grows, it regularly evaluates whether the paradigms that are in place are still valid.
I have also long had a good view of the general business decisions made by Spotify, especially in the recent years, but any doubts I ever had about the decisions that they made were blown away when I was exposed to some of the stuff they are working on.
They really are on the cutting edge of media, and will hopefully bring about a lot of positive change in the way people experience music in the years to come.
There is some sense of entitlement I pick up on from time to time, but that might just be me transitioning from a corporate role.
None at the moment, keep up the awesome work.
System design, white-boarding, and behavioral. System design was very straightforward. The algorithms were nothing surprising and not particularly difficult. "Culture fit" seems to be what matters the most, rather than technical skill.
After the initial HR call, I was told that there would be two technical screens: * One testing general CS knowledge. * The other domain-specific. Both would precede on-site interviews, be an hour long, and take place over Google Hangouts. Sched
I was approached by a recruiter, had a 45-60 minute call with the recruiter, a 1-hour video screen, and a 6-hour on-site interview. I did not get the offer. The worst part is that they wouldn't tell me why. They gave a canned answer, saying it was du
System design, white-boarding, and behavioral. System design was very straightforward. The algorithms were nothing surprising and not particularly difficult. "Culture fit" seems to be what matters the most, rather than technical skill.
After the initial HR call, I was told that there would be two technical screens: * One testing general CS knowledge. * The other domain-specific. Both would precede on-site interviews, be an hour long, and take place over Google Hangouts. Sched
I was approached by a recruiter, had a 45-60 minute call with the recruiter, a 1-hour video screen, and a 6-hour on-site interview. I did not get the offer. The worst part is that they wouldn't tell me why. They gave a canned answer, saying it was du