I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify (New York, NY) in Jan 2023
Interview
The interview process is vague and subjective. Although the process moves quickly once you get to the life story interview that’s when things get a little bit shaky you don’t really get feedback on why you don’t make it to the next step and you can apply to multiple jobs and roles again have the same conversations but once they put you up for the life story, you don’t really hear anything after that. They lack feedback and don’t even have the common courtesy to send an actual email if you get an automated reply.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was your thought process when leaving your last role in accepting your new current role
I attended screening round after submitting the online application. Generally after one to two weeks. But i felt the process was not clear enough, but I can feel the stressful environment after layoff.
Game then screening the. discovery and then life story. Nothing too complex but unnecessary steps. The interviewer were wanna be entrepreneurs who are far from that. That is the overall process.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify (Calgary, AB) in Sep 2025
Interview
They asked basic questions and was a fact collecting session vs an interview. Not personable experience with interviewer. Would not recommend if any insight into company behaviors. Long interview process with many steps, recommend one ensures they really want the role before committing to process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What were your sales targets the last three years and what were your results
Account Executive 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 35% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Account Executive roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 20 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 Account Executive according to 20 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 30%
Skills test: 15%
Group panel interview: 15%
One on one interview: 13%
Presentation: 9%
Personality test: 7%
Background check: 7%
Other: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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