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Senior Software Engineer Interview Experience

June 1, 2022
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Round 1:

  • 1-hour pair programming
  • 1-hour life story interview

Both interviewers were nice, and the coding question was easy-medium. I received a response that I was moved to the final rounds the very next day.

Round 2:

  • Two 1-hour 15-minute pair programming rounds. The questions in both rounds were easy-medium as well, and I was able to finish them optimally in half the time. I have been LeetCoding and came across those questions before.
  • 1-hour technical deep dive/behavioral also went well.

I received an automated rejection email after 2 days. I am totally shocked by the result, as I was pretty sure I did well. I felt like there was something wrong with the process or the position was already filled. I read the previous reviews on Glassdoor and now totally understand what is meant by a "broken" or different evaluation process than industry standard. Don't expect a positive outcome, even if you did perfectly in all the rounds. I felt like it was a total waste of time.

Questions

Given a list of state codes and their corresponding zip code prefixes, check if a zip code is valid and return the state code.

LRU cache operations:

  • read
  • write
  • delete
  • clear
  • count

Rover on a 2D plane: return coordinates.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 27 interview experiences for the Shopify Senior Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

7%
Pass Rate

Shopify's interview process for their Senior Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive30%
Neutral19%
Negative52%

Candidates reported having negative feelings for Shopify's Senior Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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