Spotify·Data Scientist

Spotify Data Scientist interview experience

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New York, NYPosted Jun 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My Spotify process felt surprisingly straightforward.

It came together as two rounds total: first a technical conversation and then a more casual behavioral chat. The technical part centered on SQL and Python. The SQL questions were pretty manageable overall, and even when I stumbled on the last one, I felt like I had the right logic—my approach seemed to land with the interviewer even though I missed some syntax details.

The second round was much lighter. It focused more on who I was through my projects and interests, and it didn’t feel like I was being boxed into tricky prompts. By the end, the whole experience felt like one of the least

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