Shopify interviews
Shopify interviewsTechnical Deep Dive (2022)
How the loop runs
“The Life Story is a one-hour conversational interview with a recruiter about your past personal and professional experiences.”
Ashley SawatskyShopify Engineering blog author
The Life Story
Practise a review round: approve or block an AI draft with evidence a teammate can use.
ExampleTalk about past work
“The Technical Deep Dive is a 60-minute conversational interview where you’ll be asked to talk about your impact in previous roles or projects.”
Ashley SawatskyShopify Engineering blog author
Sixty minutes on your impact
Practise explaining a review decision in specific technical detail.
Example“You’ll be asked to come to a Google Meet prepared to talk about one or two development projects you’ve worked on that you know very well and can discuss in detail.”
Ashley SawatskyShopify Engineering blog author
Bring projects you know well
Practise explaining a review decision in specific technical detail.
Example“We also want to know how you might have done things differently. Our interviewers are also engineers and want to hear specific technical details.”
Ashley SawatskyShopify Engineering blog author
What you would do differently
Practise explaining a review decision in specific technical detail.
ExampleLast reviewed