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Staff Software Engineer Interview Experience - Dublin, Ireland

July 1, 2021
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Process

There are 5 interviews in total, which might seem like a lot, but the process is quite reasonable. The interviews are:

  • Screening interview with a recruiter
  • "Life story" interview. This is an interesting interview format that I haven't seen at other companies. Basically, you discuss your life in general and your background with a recruiter for about 1 hour.
  • Implementation: A (relatively) easy programming question, done via Coderpad. This is mostly for filtering out candidates.
  • Systems design
  • Technical deep dive: You present a project you've worked on in the past. A good chance to show off your impact.
  • Pair programming: A 1 hour 30 minute pair programming session. You are presented with a programming problem and you pair with the interviewer to solve it. Again, nothing very difficult.

Questions

As I explained before, the questions in general are quite reasonable; they don't ask obscure stuff.

I'd recommend some practice, but don't sweat it. You don't need to train for two months on LeetCode.

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Shopify's interview process for their Staff Software Engineer roles in Dublin, Ireland is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.

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