I applied through an employee referral. The process took 10 months. I interviewed at Shopify (Ottawa, ON) in Jul 2019
Interview
It would be hard to determine just how Shopify treats its employees considering how poorly it treats its LGBT+ candidates, but its clear there are a lot of homophobic elements working at Shopify, and an HR department unwilling to do its job and hire qualified candidates. People with different opinions and different experiences ADD to your culture. But clearly you want the same cookie cutter people working in your company and refuse to deal with the systemic homophobia in your hiring process. You want the same cookie cutter people that look and act like your Ottawa team, not real actual diversity.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
While this question doesn't matter because I've already rejected you, but what's your design process?
Straightforward, the recruiter was friendly and very informed about the role. Very transparent how the company runs and able to communicate expectations and next steps clearly. Questioning and flow was smooth, comfortable and very accommodating.
The first thing you’ll get is a recruiter screen which is fairly standard. After, you’ll progress to a portfolio review with craft person and a panel, and a hiring manager chat.
It’s been almost a decade since I wrote about a candidate or job experience on glassdoor, but this was bad enough to share. I’ll spare folks the details and focus on the feedback.
It’s one thing (and completely reasonable) for Shopify to have bumps in the recruiting process and still decide to not move forward with a candidate. It’s *another* thing to have a recruiting process SO sloppy that candidates walk away associating Shopify with red flags and stale, slow-to-ship designers.
If emotional acumen isn’t part of your recruiting culture, then fine. You can still share pronouns in your introductions, diversify your interview panels, and ensure that ALL candidates get the same level of comms/prep at every stage of the recruiting process. Candidates shouldn’t have to answer biased interview questions and leave the experience feeling grateful that they DON’T work at your company.
Shame on you, Shopify! It’s 2024... do better.
Product Designer applicants have rated the interview process at Shopify with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Designer roles take an average of 38 days to get hired, when considering 10 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 Product Designer according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 23%
Phone interview: 18%
Group panel interview: 18%
Presentation: 15%
Background check: 15%
Skills test: 8%
Personality test: 5%
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