Spotify·Backend Engineer

Spotify Backend Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Negative

London, EnglandPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process barely got off the ground.

I had an initial interview where I could already tell it wasn’t going well for me—the recruiter’s demeanor felt disinterested and even moody, like they were tired. The conversation did include the usual logistics-style questions like salary and other standard screens.

Even with those familiar questions, the interaction felt off in a way that made me doubt my chances right from the start. I didn’t feel like I was being treated as a serious conversation partner, and I walked in expecting I would fail.

I didn’t get an offer, and the hardest part to shake was that I couldn’t separate my

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