Spotify interview questions

43 questions24 coding5 system design14 behavioral13 freeUpdated

This is every question in the Spotify guide, in one list: 24 coding problems, 5 system designs and 14 behavioral questions, drawn from what candidates report about Spotify interviews.

Each row shows the round it comes from and links to the lesson that works through it. 13 are free to read in full. The other 30 are Premium, and here you still see their round, difficulty and topic, so you know what you're walking into.

Spotify coding interview questions

24 problems, in the order the guide teaches them. Each lesson gives the full problem, a worked solution and the follow-ups interviewers tend to add.

1Unique Listeners in a WindowFreeMediumArrays & Hashing
2Most-Played TrackFreeEasyArrays & Hashing
3Playlist Deduplication: Remove Duplicates and Keep the OrderFreeEasyArrays & Hashing
4Listening Sessionization: Analyze User Website Visit PatternFreeMediumArrays & Hashing
5Event Aggregation Rollup: Group-By in One PassFreeMediumArrays & Hashing
6Ransom Note: Multiset Containment With One Count MapFreeEasyArrays & Hashing
7Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters: Sliding WindowFreeMediumSliding Windows & Streams
8String Compression: Run-Length Two PointersFreeMediumSliding Windows & Streams
9Palindrome Generator: Build the Digits, Never Touch a StringFreeMediumSliding Windows & Streams
10Median Latency Over the Last K Plays: Sliding Window MedianFreeHardSliding Windows & Streams
11Rolling Average Play Duration: Moving Average From a Data StreamFreeEasySliding Windows & Streams
12At Most K Distinct Artists: The Variable-Width WindowFreeMediumSliding Windows & Streams
13Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Top-K
14Premium hard problemHardHeaps & Top-K
15Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Top-K
16Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Top-K
17Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Top-K
18Premium medium problemMediumGraphs & BFS
19Premium medium problemMediumGraphs & BFS
20Premium medium problemMediumGraphs & BFS
21Premium medium problemMediumGraphs & BFS
22Premium easy problemEasyTrees & Tries
23Premium medium problemMediumTrees & Tries
24Premium medium problemMediumTrees & Tries

Spotify system design interview questions

5 designs, each worked end to end in its own lesson, from requirements to the architecture and its trade-offs.

#Question
1Design Music RecommendationsFree
2Design Search & Autocomplete (Premium)
3Design Audio Streaming & Playback (Premium)
4Design Playlists & the Home Feed (Premium)
5Design a Notification System (Premium)

A lock means the design is named here and its walkthrough is Premium.

Spotify behavioral interview questions

14 questions, grouped by what the interviewer is testing. The lesson explains why each one gets asked and what a strong answer covers.

Why Spotify (2)

All 2 are Premium

One Team (collaboration and autonomy) (3)

All 3 are Premium

Conflict and disagreement (2)

All 2 are Premium

Human Judgment (ownership and adaptability) (3)

All 3 are Premium

Honest failure (2)

All 2 are Premium

Make It Happen (drive and impact) (2)

All 2 are Premium

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Premium opens the 30 locked questions on this page, each with the full prompt and a worked answer, and every other lesson in all 100 company guides.

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How many questions are in the Spotify interview guide?

43: 24 coding problems, 5 system designs and 14 behavioral questions. The guide was last updated in November 2026.

Which rounds do these Spotify interview questions come from?

All 24 coding problems come from the coding rounds. The 5 system designs and 14 behavioral questions come from the system design and behavioral rounds. Every row in the list carries its round, so you can start with the one you have booked.

Which Spotify interview questions are free?

13 of the 43 are free to read in full, marked Free in the list. The other 30 come with Premium, which also opens all 100 company guides.