I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Shopify (Waterloo, ON) in Jun 2018
Interview
They were looking to hire in Waterloo, ON, Canada. The first round was a life story interview and one of the most unique interviews I've given. The hiring manager was very friendly and showed me her puppy during the interview. A very informal and great experience. She was genuinely interested to know my passions and how I reached where I am today. The next round was a technical round and I was asked to code in Python. The problem statement was not very hard but was not what I expected.
Interviewed with the hiring manager, really weird experience because it felt like an info session for me to ask questions. Whole thing was done in about 20 minutes with the guy being distracted by Slack messages.
It came off like they already filled the role before this interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself and why do you want this job
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Shopify (New York, NY)
Interview
An unnecessarily long pre-interview process that requires an assessment test, a ridiculous survey with 100 questions, and 1 hour pointless life story, although easy, was annoyingly long and took away from the interview experience.
I applied, got the assessment the next day, and passed the assessment 100%. The HR contacted me roughly two weeks later for pair coding. first round assessment: the question varies --> second round pair coding: system design
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
no behavioral questions. just typical system design questions
