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Senior Software Developer Interview Experience - Canada

December 1, 2021
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Process

I applied through a referral and received initial contact from the recruiter a day after my application via email. The recruiter scheduled a coding screen, which was quite trivial. The question likely involved some array traversal and the use of a map. Remember to write tests.

A couple of days after the coding screen, the recruiter followed up to conduct the "life story" interview. I am not naturally a talkative person, but during interviews, I become a bit more animated. At the same time, I was sincere in discussing my life progression, so the interview felt good. At the end of the interview, the recruiter expressed she would move me to the next round, and I received confirmation by EOD to schedule the pair programming and deep dive sessions.

The pair programming sessions were still pretty easy, involving basic object-oriented programming and testing. The questions were similar to what others had shared on Glassdoor, and the interviewers were helpful when I got stuck.

I did not prepare very well for the technical deep dive and kept getting lost in my train of thought while over-explaining. Perhaps it would have been better if I had prepared a slideshow for it. However, at the end, I still received a "good news" email (no down-level) a couple of days after.

Questions

Robot that travels on a 2D grid.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 11 interview experiences for the Shopify Senior Software Developer role in Canada.

Success Rate

18%
Pass Rate

Shopify's interview process for their Senior Software Developer roles in Canada is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive36%
Neutral27%
Negative36%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Shopify's Senior Software Developer interview process in Canada.

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