Spotify·Software Engineer

Spotify Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

United StatesPosted Jan 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I got through the first interview, but I ended up being rejected after the second.

The first round was pretty straightforward: the conversation centered on my work experience, why I was leaving, and why I wanted to join Spotify.

The second interview felt more technical and project-oriented. I talked about a recent work situation or personal project, including what changes I would make and how I approached scaling. Then we moved into domain questions tied to being a web engineer—HTML and CSS came up, and I also answered a JavaScript question around how to work with setTimeout and reason about execution order.

The coding portion was a LeetCode-style sliding window problem,

Create a free Dataford account to unlock the full round-by-round breakdown, the questions asked and the outcome.

Read the full report Read the full report

Preparing for this interview?

Spotify Software Engineer interview guideThe full process, round by round, with the question bank Practice Software Engineer interview questionsReal questions from this role across companies All Spotify interview guidesEvery role we cover at this company