Shopify Data Science Manager interview questions

Most of the high level parts are already covered in the other experiences but here is my background and unique experiences: My demographics * an experienced hire * PhD top school / applied computation - ml * lucked out at a public company that went >10x (fat RSUs and ESPPs) * dual income family w/ a small additional business * ethnic minority After passing the tech screen and right before holiday break [late December]: (phone call) 1. My recruiter mentioned that we would need to discuss salary at some point and that I needed to give her dates for the next round. (from this point on we are only sending emails) 2. I gave my recruiter 3 dates (9 hour) slots and told her that my wife and I discussed our financial situation and I decided that I did not need a base salary from Shopify. As a family we are bullish on the need for a company like Shopify and we are fine to "be creative" with compensation. And.... <drum-roll> 3. My recruiter dismissed our (wife + me[2 PhDs in tech fields... both with math through Diff Eq/Stats/Prob]) understanding of our own finances. As the next round interview was the next planned step, she for additional availability and... [paraphrasing] encouraged us to think harder about our financial needs over the holidays. (<-100% “most problematic” sentiment that any recruiter that I am aware of has expressed to anyone in an email... or any form of communication) 4. So I sent her my 3 more days of availability (9 hours total) additional availability and wished her a happy holidays. "Killing with kindness"... trying to make my mom proud! 4b. She returns my kind gesture. (At this point, I considered the possibility that I misunderstood her questions on my finances and my understanding of them.) [Three weeks pass || expired availability:: 2-3days | 33%-50%] 5. My recruiter reaches out and asks if I thought more about my salary requirements. She now needs them to move forward. 6. I respond that my base salary requirements are still zero and I hope my bullishness on Shopify won't prevent us from moving forward. [1 more week passes / expired availability:: ~100%] 7. My made it clear that she would not accept my number and that we couldn’t move forward unless I gave her a number that she could accept. 8. I respond that zero is still my number and I accepted the consequences of the ultimatum. "Thank you and the team for your time".... "While I wont be able to invest my time with you, I will invest in you in a more traditional sense." [Another week passes] 9. My *former* recruiter reaches out and ask me for my availability in the next two days. 10. I told her that I had family in town and things were busy. Ended the note with a "Whats up?" I had accepted the ultimatum so, I was under the impression that we were good. [...] Witty but clarifying banter back and forth [n-1] My *former* recruiter ultimately wanted to continue the conversation on my salary requirements after the last ultimatum... but she ended the correspondence with what again looked like an ultimatum (good luck in your search). <-- still yucky / not as yucky as the "rethink your finances over the holidays" but the flavor is there [n] I thanked her for the well wishes on my continued search. Bottom line: Recruiting is part of HR. In addition to protecting the company, HR should be a culture bearer for the company. If this is how a recruiter carries on over email, I cannot imagine what flies at Shopify. If anyone has an odd experience here PLEASE DON'T SWEAT IT. Until HR or the CEO/COO can reign in this ?bullying/childish? behavior, you can find other opportunities that will be holistically healthier. Shopify seems to be awesome in every way but recruiting. I hope they figure this part out!