Can someone who interviewed at Spotify or an interviewer from Sptify tell more about the expectations from a candidate for Backend Developer role with 2.5 years experience? I am looking to apply but unable to find any preparation material online specific to Spotify. TIA!
Are you in DE Shaw india or other location?
Standard LC medium, be able to answer it in a few different ways. Mild system design round and a case study round where you walk through a thought experiment with a dev, be really clear on your thought process and questions for that one. Culture fit is pretty important. Standards stuff. The interviewers generally want to see you succeed. Good luck, maybe I'll interview you!
Thanks for the details. Three questions: 1. System design can be LLD or HLD or both? 2. Can you please give an idea about what type of case study? Hearing it for the first time! 3. Can anything be done to prepare for culture fit?
Mostly high level design but there might be some low level questions about the design to gauge knowledge in areas. Like if you were to use a load balancer in a design they might ask you how that works. Case study is like "help me solve some issue" and you work with the interviewers. It helps is see how you problem solve. I can't really get more specific than that. I'm not sure we post anything about culture fit but it's really pretty standard. We value playfulness, sincerity, diversity in experience and communication. Be sure to have a few good experiences as an eng to talk about during interviews.
Hey OP, could you please tell us about your phone interview experience with Spotify, how did it go and what to expect ?
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