Challenge accepted: want to work on Spotify

In October, we  talked about how Alexander Lyubozhenko (back-end and data engineer at Spotify), dreaming of California, moved first to New Zealand and then to Sweden. Readers loved the article, but many wanted to learn more about working at Spotify. Therefore, we asked Alexander how to get there, whether you will be transported to a pandemic and what technologies the company uses. As a bonus, we compared Sweden and New Zealand, in which Alexander lived, and let's start with this.

Sweden vs. New Zealand

While neither New Zealand nor Sweden is in the  top 5 popular relocation destination countries, they are worth taking a closer look at. For example, in the Numbeo rating for quality of life, Russia is in seventy place, Sweden is in thirteenth, and New Zealand is in eighth.

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Spotify's policy in 2020 is different: they prefer to transport new employees even in a pandemic. But it is difficult to do this now, so recruiters first look for people within the country of the hiring office. In the case of Sweden, if they cannot find it inside the country, they extend the search to the European Union, and only then to other countries.

At the same time, Spotify recruiters say that if you want to get to them, you need to apply for jobs regardless of the situation. You can interest your experience or a cover letter and resume, then you will be contacted anyway.

For a response, we recommend working out your resume:

• make it informative and concise;
• use services that analyze resumes (such as JobScan or Glassdoor TopCV partner ) and provide recommendations;
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