I didn't get to the life story stage. I am not a fan of how Shopify does its application. They make you do the typical stuff like resume and cover letter PLUS create a Shopify store PLUS answer a challenge question. Why do we even need to create a store? it has nothing to do with the role. Seems like free work to me. This takes hours and It's annoying to do all these things and then be rejected automatically. I won't be applying here again
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Shopify (Ottawa, ON) in Jan 2018
Interview
Laid back and felt like a normal conversation. Although it seemed like it went well, I guess I just wasn't a match for their current needs. You need to convince the recruiter why you are better than the rest of the applicants out there. I will do better next time!
Several Skype interviews: 1. behavioral, 2. talking about my project, 3. discussing one of the company's projects and how I can think through the implementation details if I were to implement it myself.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you handle authentication in a particular application that you made?