I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify (Singapore) in Mar 2021
Interview
Had 5 rounds of interviews (conducted online) and they are as follows:
1. Initial call with a Manager
2. First pair programming
3. Life story
4. Second pair programming
5. Technical Deep Dive
The people I spoke to were really nice and easy to talk to. Pair programming is done in your preferred language and development environment. I felt that the developers in my pair programming sessions were genuinely interested in what I am coding and gave suggestions when I hit a minor roadblock. I never felt that they were judging me but really working on the problem with me. At the end of each session, you can ask more about the role and the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A problem statement with sample outputs. You will have to verbalize your thought process while solving the question.
For tech deep dive, prepare 1-2 projects that you worked before and discuss your contributions in depth.
typical interview process, one round with hr. followed by a 75 min coding interview pair programming with one of the engineers. In the coding interview it was encouraged to use ai.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
create a autocomplete system for search based on a list of search frequencies.
There was a first round with hr followed by a 1hour interview, use of AI was encouraged. Interviewer was not very knowledgeable and I had to discover a solution that she understands
The interview was intense and definitely exceeded my expectations. The technical rounds were particularly challenging, but I felt prepared. One of the system design questions was about creating a webhook delivery system with various complexities, and I was relieved because I had explored that exact topic on PracHub just days before. After tackling some coding problems, I faced some behavioral questions that tested my thought process. Overall, the experience was demanding, but I was thrilled to receive an offer, which I happily accepted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a webhook delivery system that retries on failure with exponential backoff. Cover idempotency, ordering guarantees, dead-letter queues, and how you'd handle a downstream consumer that's been offline for hours.