Applied in December 2021
First round technical interview in Feb 2022
Second round behavioral interview in March 2022
Interviewers in both rounds were great. Interviewer for the technical round was super helpful and patient. Interviewer for behavioral interview seemed genuinely interested in me and my past experiences, we had a great conversation.
However, recruiting is very slow, recruiter takes forever to reply and there isn't enough info provided on timeline and what to expect from the interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For technical (on coderpad):
2 pandas/numpy dataframe manipulation questions
2 easy-intermediate level SQL questions
A/B testing, stats question
For behavioral:
Discussed past projects, how I work in a team, communication skills. Did an exercise talking through bar graphs the interviewers showed (what I improve about the graphs, insights looking at the data etc)
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
