It’s really about showing why you’re the best person for a specific role in the quickest possible way. What kind of message gets a reply? Any secrets for us? Or should I just fill out the job posting form?ĭan: Filling out a job post should always be the first step. But let's say we decide to reach out with a cold message. It was just small conversations until it eventually happened. Just a quick example from myself here: My first contact with Spotify was more than a year prior to me actually joining. They wrote back to us later on and said, “Hey, I understand I might not be the right fit but you should really talk to my former manager.” We ended up reaching out to that candidate’s referral, loved them, and now they’re at Spotify. I remember one situation where we were talking with someone and for a number of reasons, they just weren’t the right fit for the role. It’s rarely ever so simple –– especially when trying to recruit at such a high caliber. A few years later, situations change, roles become available, and that person could end up applying through our Jobs page. At that point, it might not make sense to move forward into a formal interview process. For example, a conversation might start with an informal “hello” from us at an event. Would you say the majority of designers you hire have been pre-selected and head hunted by your team, or do you get a lot of cold applications as well?ĭan: It’s a mix but there’s actually a lot of overlap between the two. We want to make sure we’re getting a steady flow of candidates from different backgrounds so we’re trying not to rely on any one source. As our company grew quickly, we had plenty of new people coming in who wanted to tell us about the great people in their network. Looking at your current design team, how many of them came through internal referrals and how many came through the traditional application process?ĭan: Referrals helped us a lot in the beginning.

Hey Dan and Stanley, let’s get right to it. So if you’re looking for a design or development job, you’re most likely moving or living in one of those cities. But one thing I will say is that Spotify’s design team sits in Stockholm, New York, San Francisco and London.

Of course, I’m skipping the intro on purpose because I hope Spotify needs no intro. So I couldn’t resist reaching out to my friends and asking for their wisdom about landing a design job at Spotify. As some of you may already know, I worked at Spotify for almost three years.

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