Solicité el puesto a través de un captador. Acudí a una entrevista en Shopify
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I interviewed before with Shopify a few years ago, and had progressed to onsite interview stage. I had nothing but positive experiences with Shopify back then, and the recruiter I worked with was extremely friendly and professional.
However, I was extremely surprised at how unprofessional the recruiter I worked with this time around was (different person!)
1. I applied for a senior software engineer role.
2. I heard from a recruiter to interview for this particular role. Was also asked if I'd consider interviewing for a senior SECURITY engineer role.
3. I made it clear that I was NOT qualified for the security role. I have never worked as a security engineer.
4. Asked to do two phone interviews consecutively, one technical and one cultural with the recruiter, ended up having to take half a day off from work.
5. Bit into technical interview, I noticed that questions all revolved around security. I asked the interviewer if I was interviewing for the security role, and the interviewer confirmed this.
6. ... why?
7. I never actually ended up interviewing for the role I had applied for and was interested in.
I felt bad for the engineer who interviewed me - I'm not a security engineer and only know basics and high level concepts. It became clear to me pretty quickly that the technical interview was a waste of time for both sides.
I'm curious as to why I was forced to interview for a role that I didn't apply for and was not qualified for - and was pressured into taking time off from my current job. If I was asked to be flexible with my time more than what could've offered, the least the recruiter could've done was to make it CLEAR to me which role I was interviewing for BEFORE the interview took place.
A no before the interview would've been perfectly fine with me - but this isn't.
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I passed LRU cache coding in first interview
I had four more interview.
1. pair coding again LRU cache I did what I did in previous one
2. system design I desinged staff level architectire
3. Technical deep dive I explained my current technical structure
4. life story he asked what we talked first screening
I got rejected .
Important part All I had interview was native speaker. None has accent.
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Pregunta 1
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Goals
Design the core systems to drive check-in and check-out flows. It should involve a web app (schema/APIs), a job system, and a file storage system.
Solicité el puesto a través de un captador. El proceso duró 3 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Shopify en abr 2026
Entrevista
I recently completed the interview process at Shopify, which spanned about three weeks. The stages included an initial online cognitive assessment and a pair programming round, followed by a virtual onsite featuring a second pair programming session, a technical deep dive, system design, and a "life story" interview.
Overall, it was an excellent experience. The interviewers were professional and highly engaged throughout. I found the technical problems to be very practical, and notably, the use of AI coding tools was encouraged during the pairing sessions. While the system design requirements were quite lengthy, the complexity was manageable as long as you remain calm, think out loud, and clarify expectations early on.
Had an initial recruiter call, very friendly. Then had a life story interview, very friendly casual conversation as well speaking about past work experiences and how it led to where I am. Was scheduled for a 75 mins coding round, but I dropped since I landed another offer
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Pregunta 1
More about why are you interested in Shopify and how I work
