I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Shopify in Jun 2020
Interview
Overall, the people I spoke with were very nice, so I can't say it was a negative experience, but I get the feeling that the Data Scientist role here is more of a Data Analyst role. There were a lot of analytics-type questions, but very minimal probing of technical skills during the interview. I feel like as long as you are strong at analytics, say the right things, and don't challenge anyone during the interview, you should be fine. Some of the leads have strong backgrounds and skillsets, but others have limited experience, both technically and in management.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Analytics questions such as, how do you know if this product is successful
Recruiter call - why shopify and describe expected salary, describe one project you most proud and other stories and shared the interview process for technical round and onsite and prepare for your life story
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Recruiter call - why shopify and describe expected salary, describe one project you most proud and other stories and shared the interview process for technical round and onsite and prepare for your life story
Interviewed with the hiring manager, really weird experience because it felt like an info session for me to ask questions. Whole thing was done in about 20 minutes with the guy being distracted by Slack messages.
It came off like they already filled the role before this interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself and why do you want this job
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Shopify (New York, NY)
Interview
An unnecessarily long pre-interview process that requires an assessment test, a ridiculous survey with 100 questions, and 1 hour pointless life story, although easy, was annoyingly long and took away from the interview experience.
Data Scientist applicants have rated the interview process at Shopify with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 46% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Data Scientist roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 28 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 Data Scientist according to 28 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
One on one interview: 18%
Skills test: 15%
Presentation: 12%
Background check: 9%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
Group panel interview: 3%
Personality test: 3%
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