Shopify Manager, Software Development interview questions
based on 3 ratings - Updated Oct 8, 2025
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How others got an interview
50%
Employee referral
Employee referral
50%
Applied online
Applied online
Interview search
3 interviews
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Manager, Software Development applicants have rated the interview process at Shopify with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Manager, Software Development roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Shopify overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Shopify as a Manager, Software Development according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Presentation: 33%
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It was a well-run interview process, included a coding exercise, a "manager's story" interview, a system design interview and a system design deep dive. The tone was friendly and professional throughout.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Talk us through the design of a major change or system
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Shopify (Ottawa, ON) in Sep 2020
Interview
The process was split into several parts: Recruiter Filter, Coding, Life Story, Management Experience behavioral interview, API design, Another Coding Interview, PM/Design interaction behavioral interview.
They were flexible with timing throughout the process
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Easy coding question.
Management experience.
Work experience.
Several coding rounds.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Shopify (Ottawa, ON) in Jan 2020
Interview
After applying for the role via the careers page I was contacted by HR for a quick phone screen. Following this I had a longer, very good "tell me about yourself" call with someone in HR and then a call with a Director where we discussed management practices (dealing with low performers, career growth, agile team delivery, etc etc etc). Everything was really positive and I enjoyed my conversations.
Then things went off the rails.
I was scheduled for a call with a senior engineer where my understanding was that we'd talk about my technical background, get into the tech stack the team uses so we could discuss that futher. The call starts with the guy sending me a link to an online collab coding tool where he begins asking me obscure, esoteric coding puzzle questions that had NO relevance to the job I was applying for. This was one hundred percent a hazing ritual by an engineer who wanted to feel smarter than the person he was testing. This was for a *non-coding* role in the organization.
A few days later I received a thanks but no thanks. My candidacy for a non-coding role was rejected because I struggled through a surprise coding challenge with zero real-world implications.
If this is standard Shopify interview practices than I'm sorry, Shopify is ABSOLUTELY optimizing their hiring process for the wrong skill sets and it's no wonder people hate working there.