Shopify has a pretty clear-cut process for conducting interviews, starting with an initial screening call with their recruiter, then the 'Life Story' call, quite chill, followed by a series of interviews / calls depending on the position applied for. With the 'Marketing UX' roles, which this fell under, it was a "Fresh Eyes" or 'design duet' where you're tasked with critiquing a relevant project from the Shopify team (1 hour), followed by what was a more open-ended 'chat' with the hiring manager (also 1 hour) and finally an hour-long portfolio review (including time for questions at the end). For the most part, my experiences with all these stages and individuals was fairly positive and I admit I was slightly underprepared due to personal matters. Now, for some cons. The hiring manager (middle open-ended interview) was, uh, nice enough but I thought it was odd how they chose not to give very in-depth or truly insightful answers, moreso just passively shared very short, vague responses on their own work and desires for the role, seemingly intentionally leaving it up more to the candidate (myself) to engage them in a conversation that would lead to meaningful discussion, without so much of a prompt, at all. I suppose for a 'Senior' level role, this could be argued as a fair strategy but without any clear outline for the interview, it made for some awkward silences and I was somewhat put off. Not to mention, the specific position I was being considered for had shifted somewhat confusingly, as they were uncertain whether I would be in one team versus another. In any case, eventually, after a long period of more awkward conversation, the hiring manager decided to suddenly be more in command, responding with more questions of their own and the dialogue improved. Nevertheless, the experience left me feeling quite disuaded from being on their team. Felt a bit toxic, kind of a red flag. Anyway, I was expecting a rejection based on that interview alone but literally 3.5 weeks later and Shopify has not said a WORD. I followed up with the very friendly recruiter weeks ago, to no avail. It is shocking to me that in this day and age, a company like this might lead someone along to a final round of interviews and not even have the decency to write you back. Incredible. Ultimately, I accepted an even better position elsewhere, so...¯\_(ツ)_/¯