Me postulé a través de un reclutador. El proceso tomó 2 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Shopify (Waterloo, ON) en abr 2021
Entrevista
Frustrating and unfair process.
Got rejected, hence the salty words.
Was first reached by a Shopify recruiter on LinkedIn saying they are growing and want to hire 2021 developers.
The process started with a fairly easy one hour coding exercise interview. I was able to solve the problem in around 20 minutes and spent another 20 just talking with the interviewer about the life at Shopify.
After the coding exercise interview I was invited to an hour long Life Story interview. This is supposed to give you space to say what makes you, you. You are free to guide the conversation, so I focused on my IT related achievements through life that took me here.
A few days later I got an automated message stating that they had many candidates and decided to not move forward as my experience was not what they were looking at the moment. This is quite frustrating as at no moment was discussed anything related to what they are looking for. No open positions, no expected experience, nothing. I guess I should have parachute jumped, or learned portrait painting when I had the chance. What kind of life experience Shopify is looking for? As it seems knowing the actual soft & hard skills that will help the company grow is not relevant.
Update: After inquiring the Life Story interview result, I was told that they mostly take into consideration the professional experience paired with the other (zero) interviews with the team. It still fells like flipping a coin though.
Good luck! =)
Preguntas de entrevista [2]
Pregunta 1
Given this sorted string list. Write a code that will split and sort it using specific rules.
I passed LRU cache coding in first interview
I had four more interview.
1. pair coding again LRU cache I did what I did in previous one
2. system design I desinged staff level architectire
3. Technical deep dive I explained my current technical structure
4. life story he asked what we talked first screening
I got rejected .
Important part All I had interview was native speaker. None has accent.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Library Rare Books
Goals
Design the core systems to drive check-in and check-out flows. It should involve a web app (schema/APIs), a job system, and a file storage system.
Me postulé a través de un reclutador. El proceso tomó 3 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Shopify en abr 2026
Entrevista
I recently completed the interview process at Shopify, which spanned about three weeks. The stages included an initial online cognitive assessment and a pair programming round, followed by a virtual onsite featuring a second pair programming session, a technical deep dive, system design, and a "life story" interview.
Overall, it was an excellent experience. The interviewers were professional and highly engaged throughout. I found the technical problems to be very practical, and notably, the use of AI coding tools was encouraged during the pairing sessions. While the system design requirements were quite lengthy, the complexity was manageable as long as you remain calm, think out loud, and clarify expectations early on.
Had an initial recruiter call, very friendly. Then had a life story interview, very friendly casual conversation as well speaking about past work experiences and how it led to where I am. Was scheduled for a 75 mins coding round, but I dropped since I landed another offer
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
More about why are you interested in Shopify and how I work
