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Spotify Data Engineer interview with a demanding coding round

SpotifyData Engineer · HR Screen · May 2026

After a conversation with a recruiter, I had a coding-focused round that I expected to be straightforward. It turned out to be difficult. The round was with two senior engineers, and the pace felt demanding. I remember feeling that I needed to be much more fluent with interview-style practice than I actually was, and that gap made the interview harder than it should have been. I didn't receive an…

Shared by a candidate · reported May 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.