Spotify·Data Engineer

Spotify Data Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

United KingdomPosted Oct 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My early recruiter stage included an HR call where we went beyond just resume details and into personal background.

They asked about a gap year and why I changed countries, and I explained my reasons around career growth and learning a language, plus the fact that my partner had an offer abroad. The tone of the call shifted in a way that made it obvious the conversation wasn’t going to work in my favor.

In another part of my process, I also had a recruiter screen that went well at first—she asked about my background and said she’d follow up with the next steps. But I never heard back and later got a rejection email.

Neither path ended with an offer. The most honest takeaway I have is that it wasn’t just

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