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).
Great interview process and candidate experience. Recruiter, hiring manager and the team I met were very warm, sincere and thorough. Culture seems great, everyone I met was talented, switched on yet humble.
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Life Story interview was very interesting and unique
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Shopify
Interview
I went through the first two phases of the process:
1. short live coding exercise, paired with technical interviewer
2. Life Story interview with a recruiter, detailing my experiences at previous positions
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Why did you leave your previous job(s)? (Life Story interview)
I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify (Singapura) in Mar 2021
Interview
Had 5 rounds of interviews (conducted online) and they are as follows:
1. Initial call with a Manager
2. First pair programming
3. Life story
4. Second pair programming
5. Technical Deep Dive
The people I spoke to were really nice and easy to talk to. Pair programming is done in your preferred language and development environment. I felt that the developers in my pair programming sessions were genuinely interested in what I am coding and gave suggestions when I hit a minor roadblock. I never felt that they were judging me but really working on the problem with me. At the end of each session, you can ask more about the role and the company.
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Question 1
A problem statement with sample outputs. You will have to verbalize your thought process while solving the question.
For tech deep dive, prepare 1-2 projects that you worked before and discuss your contributions in depth.