J'ai postulé via un recruteur. J'ai passé un entretien chez Shopify
Entretien
- recruiter talk
- technical interview
- life store interview
The recruiter talk was really about understanding what role is about and also a chance for them to assess your background with some general conversation. What you do at your current work, compensation expectation, your regular workday...
The technical interview was an easy problem and they are only interested in your output. Not how you think and approach to the problem, not stating your assumptions, not understanding edge cases of the problem, only the output so you might as well shut up and code and show the result.
The life story interview was absolute waste of time. This session lead by recruiter and to be honest they are not interested in your life story at all. Not clear how they are assessing this round but I believe it is not an objective assessment. I answered the recruiter questions in an honest way but seems like you need to pretend like you are dying to work for Shopify, classic 'fake it until you make it' mentality.
Feedback was we are moving forward with other candidates. Such a waste of time, it takes them 3 sessions to understand my background is not aligned with the role.
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.
Questions d'entretien [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.
J'ai postulé via la recommandation d'un employé. Le processus a pris 2 semaines. J'ai passé un entretien chez Shopify (Toronto, ON)
Entretien
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
Questions d'entretien [1]
Question 1
Walk through a past technical project you worked on or owned.
J'ai passé un entretien chez Shopify (Montréal, QC)
Entretien
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.
Questions d'entretien [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.