- Intelligent colleagues (although several have already departed). - Strong brand value for a resume. - Engaging technical hurdles.
- Insufficient transparency - Four rounds of layoffs in 2023 have negatively impacted team morale. Constant discussions about future layoffs are prevalent within my team. - Highly skilled individuals have been impacted by the layoffs. - There is a lack of confidence in the leadership.
It’s just annoying that you can’t refresh the algorithm or account without having to make new Spotify accounts when I’m sick of my current daily mixes. Account #4 here I come. TC- 0 (layoff) TC - 250k prior YOE - 7
Is spotifys algorithm “to show ad to a user at a certain point” run by data-science models or is it a complex set of statements which define the logic? Seems like the app rewards you to stay in the same daily mix playlist by letting you switch numerous times between songs and playing an ad almost i...Read more
I've been using both platforms and Apple Music, tbh, SoundCloud has the best recommendation based on the genres. Do they have better ML and data engineers?
My friend with 1M+ streams releasing his senior album. I’m trying to figure out what it might look like to get the album further into Spotify’s algorithm / music scene for his success. Can anyone share any insight with me about how this may work or what I should know before the album release? Any i...Read more
I want to join Spotify as SE, have applied a few times but never got a call. How to get a interview call and what can I expect is it algorithm oriented(focus on leetcode) or tech stack related
What do data scientists work on at Spotify? Do they focus more on the core algorithms, modeling and ML, or do they do analyst / business intelligence type work? I know at FB, core data scientists work on more research-like problems (and are paid a lot more) compared to "normal" FB data scientists ...Read more
In today's edition of dumb shit at tech companies: Spotify! -- As I wrote last year, these podcasters, whose shows entail playing various noises like crashing waves or bird sounds on repeat, could make at least $18,000 a month through advertisements that Spotify placed in the programming. I posite...Read more
I have a 75-minute first round interview for a Senior Fullstack position with Spotify coming up. My recruiter told me to expect some backend domain questions and a typical data structures and algorithm coding exercise. Has anyone done one of these recently? What kind of domain questions to expect? A...Read more
I have a 75-minute first round interview for a Senior Fullstack position with Spotify coming up. My recruiter told me to expect some backend domain questions and a typical data structures and algorithm coding exercise. Has anyone done one of these recently? What kind of domain questions to expect? A...Read more
I have an interview with Spotify coming up, this is the first technical phone screen. I'm assuming data structure algorithm type problems, but I've been surprised in a few interviews to just be asked conceptual javascript questions like why use an arrow function vs regular function etc. (which I did...Read more
Hi everyone, I have an interview lined up with ServiceNow for the mle position. Can someone share their interview process for the mle role. The recruiter said it will be mostly based on data structures and algorithms. #google #atlassian #linkedin #bytedance #microsoft #amazon #salesforce #spotify #...Read more
I'm located in Montreal, Canada and I've recently seen a lot of open positions at Spotify advertised on LinkedIn. They're all fully remote for a variety of tech roles but mostly backend engineer. I personally don't intend to apply, but was curious to know the reason behind what seems to be a hiring...Read more
Hi, I am a rising junior seeking SWE internships for summer 2024. I'm looking for referrals for Google, Netflix, Meta, Stripe, Plaid, Spotify, Doordash, etc. Also very interested in Databricks, but I already applied so I'm unsure if I can still be referred. Really, any large tech company would be gr...Read more
There's been widespread criticism of Spotify for negatively impacting artists' ability to make a living, and even for changing the way artists make music (to appeal to recommendations algorithms, etc). Obviously the company has claimed publicly that they want to create a platform through which artis...Read more
This is my first time applying to big companies, currently I made it to onsite for both Snap and Uber, I didn't make the cut for Spotify but solved the problem to completion. Question is I read many reviews on glasdoor, and onsite has 4 rounds 2 coding, design and behavioral. I am just wondering ...Read more
Tried switching to YT Music and it is so much worse than Spotify feels like it is just a 20% project of someone at Google. -> You cannot swipe right to play next (it is just so much better to have) -> don't get podcasts -> you cannot switch music from one device to another (the best feature
I wanted referral for DS/MLE/Applied Scientist. I have 3+ yoe. Domain experience: Adtech, Fintech, Ride Hailing, and Ecommerce Good with Python, SQL, Standard ML Algorithms, Recommendation System, NLP, and Time Series Forecasting I have end to end data science model deployment experience. Looking ...Read more
Hello everyone, I'm looking for referrals to any FAANGMULA+ jobs in India I am a 2022 graduate and working since more than 2 months with Nagarro. Strongly Proficient in: Java, OOPS , Node, JavaScript, Data Structures, Algorithms, Computer Networks, Operating Systems, DBMS YOE: 2 months LC: 200+ T...Read more
Hi people! I am currently working for a company in korea one of biggeat UX research firm and i am looking to interview someone who is in charge of recommendation algorithm! (like you can be product manager or service planner or data scientist) I will be asking questions like what is the trend in t...Read more
Just got the polite decline from my Facebook "onsite" so now I'm looking elsewhere since I'm in interview mode and ready to go. Master's and bachelor's in CS 7 YOE Backend and full-stack Did research in algorithms, worked on patents for software and systems designs. Currently targeting tech compa...Read more