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Updated 14 Jan 2025

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1 interview found

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Introduce yourself and your background
  • Q2. Tell us about your technical background

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Nov 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. 1. First question was, from my project asked me that explain one project.
  • Ans. I have done three project, out of this three project one project was movie recommendation syatem. That i was explained. Then some counter question from project like how did you convert text to numerical, which technique you used here. I able to give all questions answer from project.
  • Answered Anonymously
  • Q2. 2. After they asked me, what is your subject preference?
  • Ans. My subject preference was NLP, Deep Learning, ML. Afrer that asked some question from NLP like what is term document matrix, tf-idf, word embedding, Gradient descent, why we have to change learning rate after every epoch, how lr change, precision recall.
  • Answered Anonymously
  • Q3. 3. My one projcet was sentimental analysis that was by LSTM model. So, next question was explain how LSTM model work and architecture .
  • Ans. Then I was explained workin flow of LST model and architecture. Then asked me did you know bidireectional LSTM. I said yes, then explained.
  • Answered Anonymously
  • Q4. 4. One question was from sql. what is the condition for primary key? last question one case business case study. this is all about my interview. My interview was 50 min and selected for HR round.
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Phone call round, just asked me are you interested to come here.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via campus placement at Calcutta University and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Leetcode hard level coding with 4-5 questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Machine Learning algorithms, Statistics, NLP

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Study Machine Learning, NLP, Deep Learning. Learn about Generative AI, LLM, Prompt Engineering.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: Not in your hands. Just try to make as good a resume as you can.

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: Very common puzzle questions. Had a good chat with the interviewer.
Tips: Make sure you make the interviewer aware of your thought process while solving a problem.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Again, common questions like why this company? What's the plan 2 years down the line?
Tips: Speak the truth. Never make up anything. Ask questions about your profile.

General Tips: Don't worry about it. Its a great learning experience. Let this learning be accompanied by joy.
Skills: Calmness, Aptitude, Attitude
College Name: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Motivation: Startup environment backed by one of country's biggest corporate house ensures lots of responsibilities and a steep learning curve along with great money.
Funny Moments: The whole puzzle interview was fun.
Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Campus Placement and was interviewed in Nov 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Don’t add your photo or details such as gender, age, and address in your resume. These details do not add any value.
View all tips
Round 2 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. 1. First question was, from my project asked me that explain one project.
  • Ans. I have done three project, out of this three project one project was movie recommendation syatem. That i was explained. Then some counter question from project like how did you convert text to numerical, which technique you used here. I able to give all questions answer from project.
  • Answered Anonymously
  • Q2. 2. After they asked me, what is your subject preference?
  • Ans. My subject preference was NLP, Deep Learning, ML. Afrer that asked some question from NLP like what is term document matrix, tf-idf, word embedding, Gradient descent, why we have to change learning rate after every epoch, how lr change, precision recall.
  • Answered Anonymously
  • Q3. 3. My one projcet was sentimental analysis that was by LSTM model. So, next question was explain how LSTM model work and architecture .
  • Ans. Then I was explained workin flow of LST model and architecture. Then asked me did you know bidireectional LSTM. I said yes, then explained.
  • Answered Anonymously
  • Q4. 4. One question was from sql. what is the condition for primary key? last question one case business case study. this is all about my interview. My interview was 50 min and selected for HR round.
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Phone call round, just asked me are you interested to come here.
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via campus placement at Calcutta University and was interviewed before Feb 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Leetcode hard level coding with 4-5 questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Machine Learning algorithms, Statistics, NLP

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Study Machine Learning, NLP, Deep Learning. Learn about Generative AI, LLM, Prompt Engineering.

Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Resume Shortlist
Tips: Not in your hands. Just try to make as good a resume as you can.

Round: Puzzle Interview
Experience: Very common puzzle questions. Had a good chat with the interviewer.
Tips: Make sure you make the interviewer aware of your thought process while solving a problem.

Round: HR Interview
Experience: Again, common questions like why this company? What's the plan 2 years down the line?
Tips: Speak the truth. Never make up anything. Ask questions about your profile.

General Tips: Don't worry about it. Its a great learning experience. Let this learning be accompanied by joy.
Skills: Calmness, Aptitude, Attitude
College Name: Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay
Motivation: Startup environment backed by one of country's biggest corporate house ensures lots of responsibilities and a steep learning curve along with great money.
Funny Moments: The whole puzzle interview was fun.

Spotify Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in Spotify Data Scientist interview?
Spotify interview process usually has 1 rounds. The most common rounds in the Spotify interview process are HR.
How to prepare for Spotify Data Scientist interview?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at Spotify. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at Spotify expect are Business Analytics, Business Strategy, Computer Science, GCP and Growth Strategy.

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