Shopify Senior Software Engineer interview questions

1 hour technical screen, 1 hour life story. The tech screen took 15 minutes - it was a super easy question that I solved quickly. I then progressed to the life story, which is an interview with a recruiter where you basically talk about your experience and how you’ve arrived where you are. I thought the conversation went super well - had a great rapport with the recruiter and we easily could have gone for over an hour. Three days later I get a generic rejection email. No idea why, considering I thought I hadn’t put a foot wrong (and I’ll happily admit when I don’t think I’ve done well). I think the life story is a way to weed people out based on whatever arbitrary criteria they have. That’s said, they shouldn’t waste my time and emotional energy - if there’s something about my profile you don’t like just don’t give me an interview.

The hiring process was smooth overall. Classic Shopify interview: - Coding assessment - Life Story - 2 x pair programming - 1 x design presentation I didn’t receive an offer because I lack experience. When I asked for feedback I got a generic answer with no path for improvements. So I wasted around 6 hours and I don’t event know what went wrong exactly / on which criteria I was judged.