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Software Engineer Interview Experience - Ottawa, Canada

January 1, 2017
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview process is very subjective.

I don't think your technical background or experience matters.

For a tech company, trusting HR to filter out good candidates based on a "life story" or a "talk" about your previous experiences is not smart.

I have interviewed multiple times with them:

  • Once, it was a 5-minute talk about my life, and that was that.
  • The second time, it was about 45 minutes.

I never had any technical questions or any discussion related to the job at hand.

They won't have a clue about your resume when they talk to you. Why? "To make it more organic."

Give me a break.

Questions

What is your life story?

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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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