Spotify
Music streaming platform using ML for personalization and recommendation.
4 Rounds
~21 Days
Hard
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Backend Engineer
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Technical
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easy
Design the database schema for a user's 'Your Library' feature, which includes saved tracks, albums, and podcasts. How do you optimize for fast retrieval?
#Database Schema
#Indexing
#Normalization
Backend Engineer
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Technical
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medium
Write a SQL query to find the top 3 artists by total listening time in the last 30 days, given tables for 'users', 'plays', and 'tracks'.
#SQL
#Joins
#Aggregation
#Window Functions
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