I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Shopify
Interview
Interview process is quite long (Shopify thinks they are a FAANG company now). However, if you thoroughly work on the questions mentioned here in other reviews, you will be fine. Recruiter was extremely friendly, however, I barely had any communication throughout the process with them. I had to email them multiple times to get a response. There were other mistakes made during the process because of their disorganization. For example, scheduling an interview I had already cleared in the past again, and the wrong person was sent to interview me who didn't even know the language I was going to code in (I had provided language preference a long time ago multiple times) for a pair-programming interview. I had scheduled time-off to do this interview. I had to take additional time off work after to make another round happen. I had the following rounds:
1. Technical screen
2. Talk with dev manager
3. Pair programming - 2 interviews
4. Technical deep dive
5. Life story interview
Others here have described the process in detail. All my interviewers were extremely nice however one of the interviewers I had was rude and judgmental instead of being helpful during the pair programming.
Overall, I did not receive an offer but the recruiter was kind enough to walk me through feedback at the end, which I very much appreciated!
typical interview process, one round with hr. followed by a 75 min coding interview pair programming with one of the engineers. In the coding interview it was encouraged to use ai.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
create a autocomplete system for search based on a list of search frequencies.
There was a first round with hr followed by a 1hour interview, use of AI was encouraged. Interviewer was not very knowledgeable and I had to discover a solution that she understands
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify (Toronto, ON)
Interview
Lots of rounds and meeting multiple team members enjoyable experience and the interviews really ensure that the job is a right fit. There are multiple checkpoints to ensure both parties are on the same page
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk through a past technical project you worked on or owned.
Software Engineer 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 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 62 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 Software Engineer according to 62 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 28%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 13%
Presentation: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 6%
Personality test: 5%
Background check: 5%
Drug test: 3%
Group panel interview: 3%
Other: 2%
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