I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Shipt in Oct 2025
Interview
1. HR phone interview
2. Resume-based behavioral interview with a HM
3. One-hour technical coding interview with engineers
4. Virtual on-site technical coding panel interview (I didn't make it to this round)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Not a tech recruiter telling me they will not ask a DS coding interview but they asked a DS coding interview.
I was hoping for a doable approach coding question. Instead, they asked me a straight-up leetcode type of question that needs "ah-ha" type of solutions.
This isn't the right thing to ask to assess coding ability. I can guarantee the interviewers wouldn't have solved the question either. Irrelevant to the real work.
I applied online. I interviewed at Shipt (Minneapolis, MN) in Jun 2026
Interview
The recruiter screening segment and interview scheduling process were seamless. The interview itself came off as rigid, cold, and more like a weird exam than an interview. Dismissing candidates through a button click in WorkDay is pretty dehumanizing. It could have been the hiring manager, but I was turned off enough that I would never consider working for Shipt.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
How do you deliver when product requirements are undefined and are simply not available to be ascertained?
I applied online. I interviewed at Shipt (Birmingham, AL) in Apr 2025
Interview
"4" rounds
1. screening call
2. Hiring manager (semi-technical discussion)
3. Principle engineer (easiest technical I've ever done)
4. Four panel interviews with senior devs, junior devs, design people, product manager
Every interviewer was polite, respectful and pleasant. Shipt seems like a really sweet place to work with great people.
The whole process took about 7 hours spread across a month.
Ghosted.
Followed up
ghosted again :(
how sad
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The technical assessment was just wiring up something to use the context api. Refresh yourself prior to going in, but it may just be a way to see how you interact with documentation.
Good luck!
Candidates applying for Senior Software Engineer roles take an average of 15 days to get hired, when considering 7 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Shipt overall takes an average of 17 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Shipt as a Senior Software Engineer according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 32%
One on one interview: 21%
Skills test: 16%
Presentation: 16%
Group panel interview: 11%
Other: 5%
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