SWE Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Shopify with 2.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 55% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE Intern roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 10 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 SWE Intern according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 36%
One on one interview: 36%
Personality test: 18%
IQ intelligence test: 9%
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The process has 2 rounds
Technical and life story.
For the technical, it was quite easy with OOP design
For life story, they asked me to walkthrough my resume and dive deep in my past experience
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Walkthrough my resume and elaborate on my past experience and projects
I applied online. I interviewed at Shopify (Toronto, ON) in Feb 2026
Interview
online assessment then technical interview then life story interview then final answer. They let you use ai during the technical interview to see how you incorporate it while coding. Online assessment has 3 questions and life story is where they decide if you deserve the offer or not based on past experiences and motivations.
The process was pretty straightforward:
OA, a few weeks later: Technical/Pair Programming Interview a few days later, Behavioral/Life Story Interview a few days later, References a few days later Offer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you faced conflict while working on a project