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Shopify interviews FAQs
Product Manager applicants have rated the interview process at Shopify with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 36% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Product Manager roles take an average of 46 days to get hired, when considering 14 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 Manager according to 14 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 29%
One on one interview: 25%
Group panel interview: 13%
Skills test: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Background check: 4%
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If you are American, do not interview with Shopify - lowest ROI in the industry. Apparently, they are a big deal in third-world Canada fraught with egregious unemployment and they interview with this in mind. It's a tedious loop of company lifers and failed devs. They seem anxious and risk-averse. Scrap it - re-evaluate your time - literally any mid American company is a better return on invested time (look at the salaries). I think the process was like 3-4 months - absolute mental illness for this caliber of company.
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Question 1
Root cause questions with some Shopify-specific product. Learn RCA frameworks.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify
Interview
The process was a bit convoluted, but probably was so because roles are tight at Shopify given the current economic climate.
Was unable to apply at first, so needed to get an employee referral to recruiter and hiring manager to get an interview.
I made it to step 3, but messed up the case a little bit so did not move on.
Process was 6 steps in total:
0. Introductory call
1. Mini-case interview
2. Recruiter conversation
3. Another Case interview
4. Hiring manager interview
5. Metrics interview
6. PM "craft" interview
Overall, I think Shopify does a good job setting expectations for what to expect in the interview after step 2. Unfortunately, maybe due to timing or something else, it took a long time to schedule all of these interviews. Many of these interviews happened one after another (rather than in groups, like in a super-day).
Expect the process to take ~8 weeks end-to-end. And asking for things to be sped up may not necessarily help. Plan accordingly!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
50% of shopify merchants never come back for a second day - tell me what you'd do to address this.
Too many rounds of interviews. The last round is a case study interview which is not a great format for assessing if a candidate would do well in the role.
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They ask for your life story which I felt was a great way of learning about a candidate, their journey, and how it has shaped them to excel in the role they're applying for.
the initial call was a screen with the recruiter who was very friendly and explained the position. after that it was an interview for 45 minutes with the hiring manager who was also very friendly and approachable.
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Question 1
the interview was structured as a case study with a question related to how one might use data science to determine how to solve a particular customer problem