Shopify Data Scientist Interview Questions
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Assess Candidate's Remote Collaboration and Technical Proficiency
Behavioral Interview: Cross-Functional Data Scientist (Remote-First) Context You are interviewing for a Data Scientist role on a cross-functional anal...
Calculate Week-over-Week Revenue Change Using SQL
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Identify Pirate Themes Using Similarity Score Algorithm
Scenario Engineering wants an automated way to spot custom themes that are probably just pirate themes in disguise. Question Write Python that takes t...
Measure Pirate-Theme Usage and Revenue Growth Over Time
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Analyze Trends to Optimize Pirate-Theme Product Strategy
Product Analytics Recommendation Based on “Pirate Metrics” (AARRR) Scenario You have reviewed usage and revenue trends for a product (no tables/plots ...
Measure App Store success and debug funnel anomaly
Part A — Product case: measuring success for a new App Store Shopify is launching a Shopify App Store where merchants can browse/install apps built by...
Deep dive a technical project and its impact
Describe one technical project you led or significantly contributed to (DS/analytics/ML/engineering). The interviewer wants both a high-level story an...
How would you measure App Store launch success?
Prompt You are a Data Scientist at an e-commerce platform (e.g., Shopify) launching a new App Store (a two-sided marketplace connecting merchants who ...
Justify and harden your analytics and BI stack
List your current analytics tech suite end-to-end (ingestion, storage/warehouse, transformation, orchestration, catalog/lineage, experimentation platf...
Design robust experiment for ambiguous core change
You must evaluate a core product change that likely has network effects (e.g., a matchmaking tweak in a large online game with 8M DAU). Define the pri...
Describe toughest project and align stakeholders remotely
Describe the single most challenging data science project you led end-to-end in the last 24 months. In 90 seconds, state: the business goal, exact sco...
Optimize attempts in a timed logic test
Timed OA: Maximize Expected Score Under a Time Limit Context: You have 25 minutes (1,500 seconds) to attempt up to 30 multiple-choice items. You may c...
Explain life-story choices and pre-read insights
HR Screen Pre‑read and Life Story Exercise (Data Scientist) Context You receive a 6‑page HR pre‑read 24 hours before a 60‑minute "Life Story" intervie...
Infer and justify non-trivial sequence patterns
Pattern Recognition: Next Terms and Missing Value Identify the rule governing each sequence or row and compute the missing value(s). Justify each answ...
Perform no-calculator math accurately and fast
Technical Screen: Mental Math and Estimation Solve quickly without a calculator. For each, show the brief mental shortcut you use. Problems - (a) 37 ×...
Assess and push back on ideology-heavy interviews
Scenario You are interviewing for a Data Scientist role. Twenty‑four hours before your HR call, the recruiter emails five links (CEO philosophy + inte...
Explain life story, project leadership, and negotiation
Behavioral & Leadership — HR Screen (Data Scientist) In a single, structured answer, address all items below with specific dates, names, and quantifie...
Implement an LRU Cache
Problem: LRU Cache (LeetCode 146) Design and implement a Least Recently Used (LRU) Cache that supports the following operations in average O(1) time. ...
Describe Your Path and Key Data Science Project
Onsite Behavioral + Project Deep Dive (Data Scientist) Context You are in an onsite behavioral round for a Data Scientist role. The interviewer will a...
Measure Shopify App Store Launch Success Effectively
Scenario Shopify is launching the Shopify App Store to help merchants discover, evaluate, and install third‑party apps that extend their stores. Task ...