I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify (New York, NY) in Dec 2021
Interview
Multiple interviews including an initial screen, a life story, and three separate technical interviews with 5 separate developers.
The life story was a little awkward because the interviewer joined the call about 10 minutes late and informed me she had to leave 15 minutes early. Other than the time restraint, she was warm and provided immediate feedback.
The technical interviews were mixed. I enjoyed the logic question but found the front-end question to be too complex for a 45 minute interview. The question involved recreating a complex element with several possible toggles, inputs and states.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I choose to no divulge their technical questions.
As for the life story interview, the interviewer let me pick where I wanted to start with my life story and proceeded to give me the floor.
The interview was intense and definitely exceeded my expectations. The technical rounds were particularly challenging, but I felt prepared. One of the system design questions was about creating a webhook delivery system with various complexities, and I was relieved because I had explored that exact topic on PracHub just days before. After tackling some coding problems, I faced some behavioral questions that tested my thought process. Overall, the experience was demanding, but I was thrilled to receive an offer, which I happily accepted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a webhook delivery system that retries on failure with exponential backoff. Cover idempotency, ordering guarantees, dead-letter queues, and how you'd handle a downstream consumer that's been offline for hours.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify (Toronto, ON)
Interview
Lots of rounds and meeting multiple team members enjoyable experience and the interviews really ensure that the job is a right fit. There are multiple checkpoints to ensure both parties are on the same page
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk through a past technical project you worked on or owned.
Interview process went quickly. The recruiter was very responsive and nice, and made the whole experience 10 times better. The interviewers did not ask impossible questions and focused more on the thought process than the correct answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first 2 interviews were LeetCode-like questions. Not directly from leetcode, but if you know your data structures you'll be good. 3rd interview I had to prep a design document and share it and they asked questions about the decisions that were made and the rationale behind it.
