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Shopify interview questions

63 practice questions in the style of Shopify's interviews, covering Analytics & Experimentation, Data Manipulation (SQL/Python), Behavioral & Leadership, Software Engineering Fundamentals, Machine Learning, Coding & Algorithms, System Design, ML System Design, Statistics & Math.

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Shopify interview questions by the numbers

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Katkat has 63 Shopify interview questions. The largest topics are Coding & Algorithms (29%), Behavioral & Leadership (19%) and Analytics & Experimentation (11%). By difficulty: 16% easy, 76% medium and 8% hard. The most common round is Technical Screen (60%). Frequent concepts include Data Structures, Algorithms, arrays and Cache.

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Difficulty

  • Easy16% · 10
  • Medium76% · 48
  • Hard8% · 5

Interview rounds

  • Technical Screen60% · 38
  • Onsite33% · 21
  • HR Screen6% · 4

Roles

  • Data Scientist41% · 26
  • Machine Learning Engineer27% · 17
  • Software Engineer27% · 17
  • Data Engineer5% · 3

Frequent concepts

  • Data Structures5% · 3
  • Algorithms3% · 2
  • arrays3% · 2
  • Cache3% · 2
  • Concurrency3% · 2
  • Data Cleaning3% · 2

Most mentioned in interview experiences

  1. 1.Simulate rover movement on a grid3 reports
  2. 2.Implement cache and gift assignment system2 reports
  3. 3.Implement URL Shortening Codec2 reports
  4. 4.Infer and justify non-trivial sequence patterns2 reports
  5. 5.Perform no-calculator math accurately and fast2 reports
  6. 6.Analyze Pirated Theme Usage Impact1 report
  7. 7.Answer Product DS HR Screen1 report
  8. 8.Assess and push back on ideology-heavy interviews1 report
  9. 9.Build an Automatic Refund Decision System in a Pair-Programming Session1 report
  10. 10.Deep dive a technical project and its impact1 report

Counted from 18 candidate interview experiences on Katkat. How we collect and count

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  • Terminal-Controlled Grid Rover SimulatorMedium

    Implement a warehouse rover simulation engine that processes sequential movement commands on a bounded 2D grid, handling coordinate translations, cardinal rotations, boundary limits, and multi-rover collision avoidance.

    ShopifySoftware EngineerCoding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen
  • Use AI Responsibly During SQL Pair ProgrammingMedium

    Practice an AI-enabled SQL pair-programming workflow that keeps your reasoning visible. Cover requirement clarification, safe tool boundaries, incremental query design, independent edge-case testing, collaboration, and accountable debugging.

    ShopifyData EngineerSoftware Engineering FundamentalsTechnical Screen
  • Write SQL for session analyticsEasy

    This problem tests your ability to clean event-based log data, perform time-series aggregation, and calculate session-level metrics using SQL window functions.

    ShopifyData EngineerCoding & AlgorithmsTechnical Screen

Shopify interview experiences

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  • AI-Encouraged Pair Programming on an Auto-Refund System, Failed the Next DayShopify · Machine Learning Engineer · Technical Screen · Sep 2026
    Rejected

    I got the interview through a referral. The recruiter emphasized that it's pair programming and that using AI is very much encouraged. It's 75 minutes, and at the start the interviewer shares a repo with the problem statement and the actual questions in it. The problem was to write an auto refund system based on the requirements. It's not LeetCode style, more like a mix of mini system design + co…

  • AI-Assisted Coding Rounds and a Manager Track Moved to ICShopify · Software Engineer · Senior+ · Onsite · Aug 2026
    Offer

    I'm about to start at Shopify as a Senior SWE, and I genuinely enjoyed how their interview process worked. Two coding rounds where AI help is allowed. One was the screen and the other sat inside the onsite. You can work in your own IDE on your own laptop. I went with VS Code and Claude Sonnet, which felt slightly quicker than Opus and gave me results just as good. One technical deep dive. Draw yo…

  • Shopify Data Scientist interview: guided SQL and Python screeningShopify · Data Scientist · Technical Screen · Jul 2026

    About a week after I applied, HR contacted me. The first interview lasted 30 minutes and covered behavior, background, experience, and fit. Soon after, I had a one-hour technical screen with a team member split between SQL and Python. Before each round, Shopify sent a detailed PDF guide. That made preparation feel less like guessing because I knew what they were measuring. The recruiter also expl…

  • Shopify Software Engineer interview with pair programming, AI use, and a life-story roundShopify · Software Engineer · Online Assessment · Jul 2026

    I started with a resume submission. Once my application passed, I moved into an online assessment. The format varied, but it consistently combined several coding problems with a cognitive or IQ-style component and a culture-fit questionnaire. After that, the process moved toward the technical interview stage. My technical round was a pair-programming exercise with an OOP-flavored prompt. I had to…

  • An Onsite Design Round That Never Quite ClickedShopify · Software Engineer · Onsite · Apr 2026

    Phone screen File system question — needed to support ls/cd/add/remove. All AI-written. Heard back a day or two later that I passed. Onsite Coding: LRU, also AI-written. Didn't feel like there was a fail point there. Past project — they wanted the most recent project, so I didn't bring my most complex one, but it still had some complexity to it. Life story was pretty standard too. Design (maybe t…

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