Hi all, Tldr; The recruiting is broken and there is a serious lack of empathy and transparency. I am writing this with a heavy heart because I heard good things about it’s dev culture and I am one of their customers and love the product. I applied there last year for the senior full stack engineer position but unfortunately in the system design round out of the two interviewer one of them said no. The recruiter told me that they could hire me for the mid level engineering position but he wants me to be senior engineer and told me to apply again within six months, he told me that I don’t need to go through all the rounds next time but one or two depending on the team. I felt a bit awkward because I was in desperate need of the job but I couldn’t do anything or beg. After couple of months I again contacted the recruiter for some open positions but he seem disinterested. After much try and rejections I was chosen for the senior web engineer position. I was then told that I have to go through full interview loop again as the team is different, I had no choice so I decided to go forward. Fast forward I had a really good first round of the interviewer with two engineers couple of weeks before. I mailed the recruiters more than couple of times to get the feedback but no reply yet. I am really frustrated. I am not sure why they are not valuing the time and effort of the interviewee? and why there is no transparency within their own recruiting system. This whole situation is so frustrating because I don’t have any other offers and I am too burnt out to restart the LC battle. Thanks, Update: Finally got the update that the interview went well, the interviewers liked my attitude and everything was good “but” there was someone more senior than me and they preferred him. WTF!
Spotify recruiting is beyond broken.
I had a positive experience. Can you please elaborate on your comment?
This is why you always get multiple offers with companies you want to work for. Also you sound wayyyyyy too needy. Unfortunately Spotify sounds like one of those companies that gets lots of passion candidates (“I love music/Spotify is my dream company blah blah blah) so there’s little incentive to fix the process. You seem to care about things being done correctly so tldr; you probably dodged a bullet.
Had similar experience with Spotify
I interviewed with Spotify and I had a fair experience with the recruiting team. Depends on the recruiter you land i guess.
I can confirm our hiring is beyond broken.
I am really sorry. Spotify recruiters are the worst. Its easy for them because lots of people apply but they do everything in their power to be terrible. I got hired by luck. I already had another offer which fell apart last min, and just happened to be that recruiter got back to me and with an offer. But i was done with recruiters bullshit. Even inside. I see how recruiters schedule loops a day or the day of the interview.
Justifying the broken process due to large number of applications sounds ridiculous. I have applied to Google and Facebook in the past and their hiring process is much better. I am sure they must be receiving far more applications than Spotify.
Our recruiting is completely broken. Compensation is also extremely low... You lost nothing :) Also dev culture got killed by the pandemic and the shift to remote work
+1
> The recruiter told me that they could hire me for the mid level engineering position but he wants me to be senior engineer and told me to apply again within six months why the hell did you listen to this?
Spotify hires only white skinned Devs 🙃
Recruiters say sweet things to keep their candidate pipelines full, and waitlists ready with 'almost there' candidates. Unfortunately, in most cases, the only way is to start at the bottom of the interview ladder. It sucks but don't take it personally. Take a short relaxing break, and get back to interview prep.
I understand but it’s really unethical practice from the recruiter side. I am recently going through a traumatic experience because on other side Expedia recruiter decided to rescind the offer just because I tried to negotiate.
My suspicion is they rescinded not because you negotiated but because they found someone else significantly cheaper who they were interviewing parallel to you. Also a small chance they rescinded because your negotiation style raised some issues with them, but unlikely if this is a one off case, and you can discuss the details with a friend for feedback