Shopify

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

August 5, 2026

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks.

Applied from online, OA first, 3 questions. One of the questions you have to use Ruby, the other one you have to use C++. None of the questions were really hard. Technical round was a simple OO design question, and you are allowed to use AI. Final round was life story with recruiter.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 37 interview experiences for the Shopify Software Engineer (Internship) role.

Success Rate

41%

Pass Rate

Shopify's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive78%

Neutral14%

Negative8%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Shopify's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process.

Shopify Work Experiences

Fun atmosphere but slow pace and limited guidance

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

Pros: It was a fun intern class, basically a summer camp.

Cons: There was a slow pace of movement and not much solid guidance.

Fun atmosphere but slow pace and limited guidance

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

Pros: It was a fun intern class, basically a summer camp.

Cons: There was a slow pace of movement and not much solid guidance.

Great employer with flexible hours, limited ownership

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

Pros: Great employer with a lot of benefits and flexible working hours as long as you got the job done.

Cons: There was less ownership than I'd like, but it was ultimately down to the fact that it's such a large company.

Great employer with flexible hours, limited ownership

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

Pros: Great employer with a lot of benefits and flexible working hours as long as you got the job done.

Cons: There was less ownership than I'd like, but it was ultimately down to the fact that it's such a large company.

It's a job

Senior Data Engineer • Current Employee

Portland, Oregon, United States

September 3, 2025

Pros: You're surrounded by motivated people doing neat things.

Cons: Currently, an "AI-driven" slop-fest. CEO is a CEO.

Senior Data Engineer • Current Employee

Portland, Oregon, United States

September 3, 2025

Pros: You're surrounded by motivated people doing neat things.

Cons: Currently, an "AI-driven" slop-fest. CEO is a CEO.

Fun atmosphere but slow pace and limited guidance

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

Pros: It was a fun intern class, basically a summer camp.

Cons: There was a slow pace of movement and not much solid guidance.

2.0
Fun atmosphere but slow pace and limited guidance
Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee
Toronto, ON
July 30, 2026
Pros: It was a fun intern class, basically a summer camp.
Cons: There was a slow pace of movement and not much solid guidance.

Great employer with flexible hours, limited ownership

Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee

Pros: Great employer with a lot of benefits and flexible working hours as long as you got the job done.

Cons: There was less ownership than I'd like, but it was ultimately down to the fact that it's such a large company.

5.0
Great employer with flexible hours, limited ownership
Software Engineer (Internship) • Former Employee
Toronto, ON
May 16, 2026
Pros: Great employer with a lot of benefits and flexible working hours as long as you got the job done.
Cons: There was less ownership than I'd like, but it was ultimately down to the fact that it's such a large company.

It's a job

Senior Data Engineer • Current Employee

Portland, Oregon, United States

September 3, 2025

Pros: You're surrounded by motivated people doing neat things.

Cons: Currently, an "AI-driven" slop-fest. CEO is a CEO.

4.0
It's a job
Senior Data Engineer • Current Employee
Portland, Oregon, United States
September 3, 2025
Pros: You're surrounded by motivated people doing neat things.
Cons: Currently, an "AI-driven" slop-fest. CEO is a CEO.

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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