Me postulé a través de un reclutador. El proceso tomó 3 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Shopify en jun 2021
Entrevista
Phone screen: 1 hour. Technical. Programming problem administered in a language of my choice via CoderPad. I chose Ruby, which probably got me bonus points (but definitely choose your strongest language if it's not Ruby). I chose to use TDD during all my coding interviews, which probably helped impress them.
"Life story": 1/2 hour. They say they're so proud of this step but I felt like it was pretty pointless. Person administering wasn't technical and so my story of my development career was pretty much lost on them.
Interviews: 1/2 hour setup time, 1 hour with a senior dev, 1 hour with a different senior dev, 1/2 hour break, 1 hour with a mid-level dev. (I asked for all this to be split over 2 days but that request got lost in the shuffle.) No more Coderpad for this one - I used my preferred editor and screen shared. Again, pure Ruby, no obscure algorithms.
The second of the above interviews wasn't coding, it was a "technical deep dive". I was asked to go into as much detail as I could on 1-2 projects I'd worked on in the past. I lined up a third project just in case and I'm glad I did, because I needed it to fill the allotted time.
Every interviewer was super-friendly; it was much more collaborative than adversarial. A couple times I got nudges that didn't give away a solution but definitely saved me from getting off-track.
If there was one weakness, I'd say it was the lack of Rails. My Ruby's really solid but I'm still pretty sucky with ActiveRecord, SQL, and JavaScript. I think they thought I was some kind of rockstar when really their interviews only tested my strongest skill.
Before they make an offer they require a reference from a previous (within last 5 years) co-worker and a previous manager. Hope you haven't been burning bridges!
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I had to create a class that required strong knowledge of my preferred programming language's data structures, and how to use them efficiently.
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.
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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
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More about why are you interested in Shopify and how I work
