There is a telephonic screening round of 15 min where they check your interest in the role and give you an opportunity to ask questions. The second round is life story interview where they give you an opportunity walk them through your journey and choices you have made in life to be where you are. The third round is with the hiring manager and TA team. I had a bad experience in life story interview because the interviewer was rushing through the interview and also was not exactly in the listening mode. I just felt it didn't justify the format of the life story interview. While the organisation does say that it demonstrates humane approach to interviewing I didn't experience the same during the life story interview. The interviewer was not welcoming and joined the call late too.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What brings you here?
What are your responsibilities in your current role?
What do you want to know about Shopify?
Unconventional which seemed Ok at first. The place had a real cult of personality vibe to it. Everyone was nice, but I really did get the sense of a "we are holier than thou feeling".
I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify in Aug 2024
Interview
The process was unnecessarily long, lacked direction and at times irrelevant. The technical test was essentially a 3 question test on excel functions.
The life story was one of the strangest interviews I have been involved in. The recruiter came off as arrogant and disinterested. At times I felt like they were just gathering information on my previous employers. Judging by some of the comments on their company culture, I'm glad I dodged a bullet.
Zero feedback received too which says it all about their culture.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you think you are good enough to work for Shopify?
The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify in Jul 2024
Interview
The recruitment process I went through was quite interesting and involved several stages. First, I completed an online test that evaluated my behavioral and logical skills. After that, I had an online meeting with the recruiter. This was followed by another online session specifically designed to test my data skills. Then, there was a life story interview, and the last stage was a reverse life story interview. I received feedback within about 1.5 weeks.
Recruiter applicants have rated the interview process at Shopify with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 15% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Recruiter roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 13 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 Recruiter according to 13 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 44%
One on one interview: 39%
Skills test: 17%
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