The hiring process at Shopify takes an average of 29 days when considering 2 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Lead Software Engineer had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Senior relevance engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 56 days).
For a job interview, Shopify is far too personal. Their emphasis on hiring "people" means that the interviewer pried into my personal life in a way that I did not enjoy.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Shopify in Feb 2022
Interview
Pretty easy interview overall. Mostly LC easy. They don't conduct system design interview for a Senior Engineer which was a bummer for me. I have not heard that happening in any FAANG level companies.
Later I looked at their levelling and Eng II at any other FAANG level companies is Senior there. So pretty low bar for Senior engineers I would say.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Leetcode easy ones but keep in mind the OOP concepts and extensibility of the solution. Also, focus on unit testing and testable code.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify in Apr 2022
Interview
1. Intro call.
2. Easy coding interview. - No leetcode preparation is needed.
3. Life Story - I read a lot of your comments on glassdoor before my interview. Unfortunately, you guys are right, I got a templated declined letter after 45 mins talk. Yes, it is strange HR can decide no continue because they don't like your life story.