Shopify Software Engineer interview experience

There weren’t any flashy or tricky programming puzzles; instead, I paired and discussed past projects, focusing on the reasoning behind design choices and different technologies. I left that technical part feeling like it was mainly about clarity and approach rather than speed or memorized patterns.

After that, I went into the Growth Path “life story” interview. That round was conversational, but the interviewer pulled on my answers with follow-up questions to unpack what I’d shared. We talked about values and culture and I had to connect my interests—plus what I’d been involved in outside