I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify
Interview
One of the best interview experiences I've experienced in my career. The Life Story interview was super casual and simply just a back-and-forth conversation about my life, starting from wherever I wanted. Interviewer was extremely chill and nice. Basically just felt like normal conversation with a friend.
The technical interview was also cool because they let you showcase a personal project or do their coding challenge and present your result. I chose the coding challenge which was quite interesting and very open-ended. Only had about a day and a half to complete it but managed to put something together that I was proud of. Second part of the interview was a system design question where you go over a solution to a problem with the interviewers. This was challenging but still pretty interesting.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Start wherever you want and tell me about your life
The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Shopify (Toronto, ON) in July 2022
Interview
Doesn't matter because they will eventually send you a generic "We've shifted priorities to focus on more immediate initiatives" email. No doubt, interviewing at Shopify was a waste of time.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
- Useless life story
- Technical round to check if you can use a text editor.
- Another technical round to check if you can create a class.
I applied through other source. I interviewed at Shopify
Interview
Meeting the recruiter, code challenge, life story interview, pair programming (2x), technical deep dive. They’re very thorough, but friendly and accommodating. Although the process takes more time than with other companies, it was enjoyable.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
While they didn’t ask directly, the core question was: “Are you a good fit for our company & mission?”. I felt like that mattered as much as my skills. Shopify wants emphatic, friendly & helpful people.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Shopify in Jan 2022
Interview
One of the recruiters approached me to discuss opportunities at Shopify. They congratulated me for all my achievements with my current employer and commended me for my skills. I ignored them much like most of the emails I receive, but they were persistent and sent me a reminder email 3 times. So, I finally gave in and decided to hear what they had to say.
They were very brief and unfriendly and didn't really say much.
They replied to me a week later and said that the hiring committee has decided to not proceed with my "application" because "other candidates have similar technical stacks and have worked in a more similar scope/scale as us! "
Well, kudos to their hiring team! If my portfolio was not so similar to your scope and scale, why did you approach me in the first place?
I'd stay away from them if this is an indication of what type of workplace this place is. Messy, pretentious, unorganized, ignorant.