Envié una solicitud electrónica. El proceso duró 2 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Shopify (Toronto, ON) en abr 2020
Entrevista
Their coding challenge was complected and really long. It took me about 10 minutes just to read all the requirements and get what they want - like 2 pages from a book. By the time I read it and asked questions, only 45 minutes left. I wrote a bunch of code and covered most of the parts, but run out of time. The complexity on average was like a medium problem from Leetcode, except there usually the descriptions are way shorter and clearer.
The life story was ok, but it's hard not to touch personal matters and sometimes, it seemed, they were waiting for those parts.
To summarise, wasting of time and false expectations. It's sad how Shopify is moving towards the dark side, handling their interviewing process in a way how Amazon, Google and Microsoft do it. In a bad way. From my observation, mostly it's tailored for students and people who didn't really work with real problems, but practice algorithms.
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.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 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.
Solicité el puesto a través de la recomendación de un empleado. El proceso duró 2 semanas. Acudí a una entrevista en Shopify (Toronto, ON)
Entrevista
Lots of rounds and meeting multiple team members enjoyable experience and the interviews really ensure that the job is a right fit. There are multiple checkpoints to ensure both parties are on the same page
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
Walk through a past technical project you worked on or owned.
Interview process went quickly. The recruiter was very responsive and nice, and made the whole experience 10 times better. The interviewers did not ask impossible questions and focused more on the thought process than the correct answer.
Preguntas de entrevista [1]
Pregunta 1
The first 2 interviews were LeetCode-like questions. Not directly from leetcode, but if you know your data structures you'll be good. 3rd interview I had to prep a design document and share it and they asked questions about the decisions that were made and the rationale behind it.
