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).
Several rounds of interviews with a couple different individuals (it was one at a time for me) from the recruitment team and from within guru leadership roles. The feel is very conversational and friendly. There may also be an opportunity to do a mock sales pitch, as well as a mock Support call to test your resourcefulness (i.e., how well you can Google!).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell your life story. Essentially how the experiences you’ve had have led you to where you’re at, applying to work for Shopify.
Geared towards millennials. The lifestory section is really just that . Don't rely on your CV at all to get you through this process. Just be yourself and try to be a storyteller.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify (Toronto, ON) in Feb 2018
Interview
Life story followed by a technical interview. A coding challenge had to be completed prior to this but what was fairly simple. In the life story, they just ask you to describe your life and will ask you random questions about it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mainly a design question, how to prevent bottlenecking in certain situations.