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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Ottawa, Canada

February 1, 2017
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview was a very invasive "Life Story" style interview, asking about my childhood, current status, opinions of people I had met, and so on.

Then, a technical "life story" interview was an informal chat about what I was currently doing. There was no structure to it, other than what could be inferred from these informal life story chats.

I did not make it to the subsequent steps, without any explanation, but likely due to the fact that the interviewer didn't like my "Life Story."

The technical interviewer seemed more concerned about his laptop's battery life than actually learning about me. With 15 minutes remaining, he said, "I have 3% battery life left. Do you want to ask anything in the remaining 3%?" Completely unprofessional.

Questions

Tell me about your childhood.

Where did you grow up, and what kinds of things did you do and enjoy?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 14 interview experiences for the Shopify Software Engineer role in Ottawa, Ontario.

Success Rate

14%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive29%
Neutral14%
Negative57%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Shopify's Software Engineer interview process in Ottawa, Ontario.

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