Shopify

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.

After a brief and pleasant phone screening interview, a 1:1 interview with the recruiter was scheduled, followed by a technical interview. The 1:1 was great; I felt that the company's approach to finding a good culture fit was very reassuring. It w

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