Shopify

Software Developer Interview Experience - Canada

July 23, 2016

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

There were many interviews with a variety of people. Mine were spread across multiple days and consisted of four or five actual meetings.

Most of the interview process involved discussing my past experiences and providing technical explanations of projects I had worked on. There was also a pair programming test.

At all stages, I felt very comfortable with the interviewers and the subject matter. They even posted an FAQ about interviewing there, which made the entire process quite smooth.

Questions

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 81 interview experiences for the Shopify Software Developer role in Canada.

Success Rate

35%

Pass Rate

Shopify's interview process for their Software Developer roles in Canada is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive58%

Neutral21%

Negative21%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Shopify's Software Developer interview process in Canada.

Shopify Work Experiences

Smart People, Meaningful Products

Software Developer • Current Employee

February 9, 2016

Pros: Very smart people, flat hierarchy, meaningful products, progressive.

Cons: None can think of so far.

Smart People, Meaningful Products

Software Developer • Current Employee

February 9, 2016

Pros: Very smart people, flat hierarchy, meaningful products, progressive.

Cons: None can think of so far.

Good perks, bad culture

Software Developer • Current Employee

Waterloo, Canada

Pros: Based on my limited research, it appears to pay above market, and has some perks that are less common in the region.

Cons: The company is very much a monoculture and lacks a lot of diversity (in terms of gender and race). There is often a large difference between the values that it touts and the expectations that are held. There is a lot of opportunity to make change, but only if you can navigate the various barriers and implicit constraints.

Good perks, bad culture

Software Developer • Current Employee

Waterloo, Canada

Pros: Based on my limited research, it appears to pay above market, and has some perks that are less common in the region.

Cons: The company is very much a monoculture and lacks a lot of diversity (in terms of gender and race). There is often a large difference between the values that it touts and the expectations that are held. There is a lot of opportunity to make change, but only if you can navigate the various barriers and implicit constraints.

Great People, Great Environment

Software Developer • Former Employee

Pros: Good working environment and people.

Cons: I can't think of anything bad about it.

Great People, Great Environment

Software Developer • Former Employee

Pros: Good working environment and people.

Cons: I can't think of anything bad about it.

Smart People, Meaningful Products

Software Developer • Current Employee

February 9, 2016

Pros: Very smart people, flat hierarchy, meaningful products, progressive.

Cons: None can think of so far.

5.0
Smart People, Meaningful Products
Software Developer • Current Employee
February 9, 2016
Pros: Very smart people, flat hierarchy, meaningful products, progressive.
Cons: None can think of so far.

Good perks, bad culture

Software Developer • Current Employee

Waterloo, Canada

Pros: Based on my limited research, it appears to pay above market, and has some perks that are less common in the region.

Cons: The company is very much a monoculture and lacks a lot of diversity (in terms of gender and race). There is often a large difference between the values that it touts and the expectations that are held. There is a lot of opportunity to make change, but only if you can navigate the various barriers and implicit constraints.

2.0
Good perks, bad culture
Software Developer • Current Employee
Waterloo, Canada
March 3, 2017
Pros: Based on my limited research, it appears to pay above market, and has some perks that are less common in the region.
Cons: The company is very much a monoculture and lacks a lot of diversity (in terms of gender and race). There is often a large difference between the values that it touts and the expectations that are held. There is a lot of opportunity to make change, but only if you can navigate the various barriers and implicit constraints.

Great People, Great Environment

Software Developer • Former Employee

Pros: Good working environment and people.

Cons: I can't think of anything bad about it.

5.0
Great People, Great Environment
Software Developer • Former Employee
Ottawa, Canada
July 22, 2020
Pros: Good working environment and people.
Cons: I can't think of anything bad about it.

Shopify Interview Questions

Walking Robot Simulation

Simulate a robot's movement on an infinite grid based on a sequence of commands and obstacles. Determine the square of the robot's final Euclidean distance from the origin.

ArraysGreedy Algorithms

LRU Cache

Design a data structure that acts as a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache. Implement methods to get and put key-value pairs, evicting the least recently used entry when the cache is full.

Design In-Memory File System

Implement an in-memory file system with basic operations like creating directories, adding files, and listing contents. The file system should support path-based navigation.

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