Ho presentato la mia candidatura online. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Shopify
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It was absolutely useless and a waste of time. I had the 1 technical screening and a “growth path interview”. Screening was a practical technical challenge you’d probably deal with day to day as an engineer. But the fella who interviewed me was absolutely not prepared for it. After screening, I had the “growth path interview”. The description for this screamed red flags all over it. A very ill defined process where the interviewer was an HR person who asked me why I left my previous companies and my salary expectations. There wasn’t a probing question or any deep discussion. The response I got was a generic “other candidates were a closer match to their needs at this point in time”. When asked what the need was they did not disclose - I am owed this for my time at least. So it could easily be based on personal bias, judging also by the fact that they don’t seem well prepared for their interviews. This could have been prevented by reading my CV.
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Technical screening, small/practical coding task. Superficial questions based on CV by an HR person.
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
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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.
Ho presentato la mia candidatura tramite un selezionatore. La procedura ha richiesto 3 settimane. Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Shopify nel mese di apr 2026
Colloquio
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.
Ho sostenuto un colloquio presso Shopify (Toronto, ON)
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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
