Me postulé en línea. El proceso tomó 2 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Shopify en sept 2014
Entrevista
I had applied online and a recruiter got back to me in a couple of weeks. First "interview" was a quick 5 minute call where the recruiter just asked why I was interested, what languages I was familiar with, what my last internship was and if I have any questions. My second interview was scheduled, then rescheduled as the interviewer was double booked. When the interview did happen, it was a 30 minute Skype chat. No technical questions, was just asked about my life story. Recruiter also asked all the same questions from the last 5 minute call (this is the same recruiter), and said I would hear back in a week. More than a week passed, and I reach out to the recruiter and I am told that they moved on with other candidates that "better fit their needs". Also stated that a lot of applicants are hired on their 2nd or 3rd application.
Overall, I felt the interview process does not explore your technical potential. Which is expected as it is a company with a very strong culture. Its hard to pinpoint where exactly one lacked with an interview process such as this as your resume is not discussed, and neither is your technical background.
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.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 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.
Me postulé a través de una recomendación de un empleado. El proceso tomó 2 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Shopify (Toronto, ON)
Entrevista
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
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 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.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 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.
