I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Shopify
Interview
- recruiter talk
- technical interview
- life store interview
The recruiter talk was really about understanding what role is about and also a chance for them to assess your background with some general conversation. What you do at your current work, compensation expectation, your regular workday...
The technical interview was an easy problem and they are only interested in your output. Not how you think and approach to the problem, not stating your assumptions, not understanding edge cases of the problem, only the output so you might as well shut up and code and show the result.
The life story interview was absolute waste of time. This session lead by recruiter and to be honest they are not interested in your life story at all. Not clear how they are assessing this round but I believe it is not an objective assessment. I answered the recruiter questions in an honest way but seems like you need to pretend like you are dying to work for Shopify, classic 'fake it until you make it' mentality.
Feedback was we are moving forward with other candidates. Such a waste of time, it takes them 3 sessions to understand my background is not aligned with the role.
typical interview process, one round with hr. followed by a 75 min coding interview pair programming with one of the engineers. In the coding interview it was encouraged to use ai.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
create a autocomplete system for search based on a list of search frequencies.
There was a first round with hr followed by a 1hour interview, use of AI was encouraged. Interviewer was not very knowledgeable and I had to discover a solution that she understands
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify (Toronto, ON)
Interview
Lots of rounds and meeting multiple team members enjoyable experience and the interviews really ensure that the job is a right fit. There are multiple checkpoints to ensure both parties are on the same page
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk through a past technical project you worked on or owned.
Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Shopify with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 62 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Shopify overall takes an average of 33 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Shopify as a Software Engineer according to 62 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 13%
Presentation: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Background check: 5%
Personality test: 5%
Group panel interview: 3%
Drug test: 3%
Other: 2%
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