I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Spotify (Cincinnati, OH) in Dec 2021
Interview
First round was just a phone screen. The second was a technical screen that asked SQL, Python, and A/B testing questions. Surprisingly, the Python was all about Pandas & Numpy, so no leetcode stuff. I had a technical issue that prevented my from interviewing at my initial slot; I'm not sure if that's what prevented me from moving to the final round, but I never heard any communication back about the job.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
-Use pandas to filter this dataset to only X rows and aggregate X metrics(pretty much same thing with SQL)
-Look at A/B test results. Are these findings significant( which, by the way, this felt like a deliberate trick question, since they did not provide any numbers except the final results for the test and control cells, so no p value no confidence intervals ,etc. I tried to explain that you can't determine significance just by looking at two numbers side by side, but it felt like the interviewer kept trying to push me to say something statistically incorrect, because she then asked me if I would say the numbers are significant. Well, in the anxiety that I had from being in an interview, I thought maybe she meant she wanted me to use my best knowledge to guess if it was a statistically significant difference, which does happen in real life contexts when you don't actually have the means to run a proper test. However, since I did not move on to the next round, I believe maybe this was used as an excuse to say I was not statistically competent)
I applied online. I interviewed at Spotify (Toronto, ON) in Apr 2026
Interview
So, At first it was HR interview, After that a technical interview (SQL and Python - 2 questions each) and a long code of SQL that needed to be explained.
After that. I had an interview with Hiring Manager and a case study in the last round. It had 4 rounds in total.
The hiring manager started the first round interview with "I'm gonna get ahead of this but based on your experience I don't think it's a good fit." Huh?? Then why do the interview in the first place? this wasn't even a referral? They were dismissive the whole interview and I couldn't wait for it to end. Also mentioned the role wouldn't be technical which tells me the JD was misleading. Additionally, the pay is below average for the level of experience they were requiring. Overall, not worth it - especially if the interview would be indicative of management style.
Had a first round interview with a recruiter, questions were about examples of A\B testing, a visualization dashboard, and once we worked on performance metrics. Interview rounds are 5 one online coding, a hiring manager, a case and presentation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A\B testing, Dashboards, screen coding, case presentation
