Shopify

The interview process involved submitting an application and then being sent an online portal with a LeetCode-style question. You are given 30 minutes to understand and code a solution.

I had applied online and finished their coding challenge. I also wrote about a possible idea I could develop during their "Hack Days". Afterwards, I was contacted via email to set up an interview, which would either be in person or over the phone, as

The people were generally friendly, but I was told the coding interview would be a "practical backend exercise" when it turned out to be more of a DSA-style coding challenge. I had not prepped for that and performed poorly.