Shopify·Data Scientist

Shopify Data Scientist interview experience

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United StatesPosted Apr 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with an online assessment where AI use was allowed.

The questions were a mix of SQL and Python, and because I could use AI, it didn’t take me very long—just enough time to get through each prompt carefully and still think through what the answer meant. After that, I had a take-home component with multiple datasets and a set of specific querying questions plus some open-ended prompts where I used pandas and then wrote up a short report to summarize insights.

Then the process stayed very assessment-like: I moved into a technical interview that was very similar in style to the take-home, but delivered in SQL, and again AI was allowed. I found it

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