I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify in Sep 2014
Interview
I had applied online and a recruiter got back to me in a couple of weeks. First "interview" was a quick 5 minute call where the recruiter just asked why I was interested, what languages I was familiar with, what my last internship was and if I have any questions. My second interview was scheduled, then rescheduled as the interviewer was double booked. When the interview did happen, it was a 30 minute Skype chat. No technical questions, was just asked about my life story. Recruiter also asked all the same questions from the last 5 minute call (this is the same recruiter), and said I would hear back in a week. More than a week passed, and I reach out to the recruiter and I am told that they moved on with other candidates that "better fit their needs". Also stated that a lot of applicants are hired on their 2nd or 3rd application.
Overall, I felt the interview process does not explore your technical potential. Which is expected as it is a company with a very strong culture. Its hard to pinpoint where exactly one lacked with an interview process such as this as your resume is not discussed, and neither is your technical background.
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 Developer 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 45.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer 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 Developer 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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