I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Shopify (Milan) in Nov 2021
Interview
1st round simple coding exercise, they wanna be sure you can code. 2nd round HR interview, you are asked to tell your story and why shopify. 3rd round 2 coding interviews with engineers, no leetcode style but more about reasoning. 4th round interview with 2 staff engineers, you are asked to showcase a project you did in the past
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
how do you test your code ? which actions did you take in this project what was your 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
The interview was intense and definitely exceeded my expectations. The technical rounds were particularly challenging, but I felt prepared. One of the system design questions was about creating a webhook delivery system with various complexities, and I was relieved because I had explored that exact topic on PracHub just days before. After tackling some coding problems, I faced some behavioral questions that tested my thought process. Overall, the experience was demanding, but I was thrilled to receive an offer, which I happily accepted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a webhook delivery system that retries on failure with exponential backoff. Cover idempotency, ordering guarantees, dead-letter queues, and how you'd handle a downstream consumer that's been offline for hours.