I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify (Toronto, ON) in Jan 2019
Interview
The interview process is divided into three part:
- Home-based programming challenge
- "Life-story" interview
- In-person technical interview
I participate in first two ones for iOS developer intern. The challenge is open for everyones, you should create iOS native application to fetch JSON data from REST API and display in proper format to the user. One week after deadline submission HR has reached me to life-story interview date and time.
Life-story interview took place via online video platform. We talked with recruiter about 40-50 mins about my life from school till present moment. It was casual conversation without any bias.
Unfortunately, week after the person whom I talked to call me and inform that there are more experienced candidates then me and they move forward with them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe whole life-story from school to present moment.
I applied online. I interviewed at Shopify (Waterloo, ON) in Feb 2019
Interview
Before applying you need to do their coding challenge, and write a cover letter. They also say to create a shop but I didn't do that.
The first interview was the life story portion, as mentioned many times before. They ask you about your past experiences and the most important part about this was to explain WHY you did the actions that you did. Overall very enjoyable interview.
About a week later, an onsite interview was scheduled. Now, this was the interview that I did not enjoy. You bring in a personal project and talk about the technical aspects of it, challenges you faced etc for the first 30 mins. The second part was talking about the challenge you created, and how you can build further upon it.
My problem with the second interview was how the interviewers were being very condescending, and overall I did not feel a good vibe during the interview. The entire time it seemed like they would rather be doing something else which I felt was very disrespectful.
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.