I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify (Bengaluru) in Feb 2016
Interview
I had three interviews with them and all interviews just asked the same question, 'Tell us your life story'. I understand that Life Story is a good way of judging peoples experience, but asking the same question 3 times did not make any sense to me. After the last interview they made me wait 15 days before sending any communication. I had to exchange several emails with the HR over a span to 7 days just to setup a call. On several occasions I was just kept waiting on skype not knowing whether we are having a call or not. All this only to be told that they have decided to go forward with other candidates, something that could have been easily done over email.
Our dev interview process should consist of a lifestory, technical deep dive and project review. You should have had 3 different types of conversations. We're following up on this. Great feedback on the Skype rejection call. We'll take that into consideration. Thank you.
Other Software Developer interview reviews for Shopify
The interview was intense and definitely exceeded my expectations. The technical rounds were particularly challenging, but I felt prepared. One of the system design questions was about creating a webhook delivery system with various complexities, and I was relieved because I had explored that exact topic on PracHub just days before. After tackling some coding problems, I faced some behavioral questions that tested my thought process. Overall, the experience was demanding, but I was thrilled to receive an offer, which I happily accepted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a webhook delivery system that retries on failure with exponential backoff. Cover idempotency, ordering guarantees, dead-letter queues, and how you'd handle a downstream consumer that's been offline for hours.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify (Toronto, ON)
Interview
Lots of rounds and meeting multiple team members enjoyable experience and the interviews really ensure that the job is a right fit. There are multiple checkpoints to ensure both parties are on the same page
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walk through a past technical project you worked on or owned.
Interview process went quickly. The recruiter was very responsive and nice, and made the whole experience 10 times better. The interviewers did not ask impossible questions and focused more on the thought process than the correct answer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The first 2 interviews were LeetCode-like questions. Not directly from leetcode, but if you know your data structures you'll be good. 3rd interview I had to prep a design document and share it and they asked questions about the decisions that were made and the rationale behind it.
