Shopify Software Engineer Interview Experience — Gift Matching with AI

Shopify·Software Engineer·Nov 2026
Technical ScreenIn progressmedium

I interviewed on a Tuesday and learned the next day that I had passed. I was asked for availability for four final rounds, which I expected might be scheduled together.

The task was to read gift-exchange participants from a CSV file and print assignments. Everyone needed to give and receive one gift, without being assigned to themselves. A follow-up introduced restrictions on who could give to each recipient; one example left someone with only one permitted donor.

Using AI did not make the interview effortless. It suggested two algorithms whose names were unfamiliar to me, and I felt nervous trying to understand them during the session. I recommended practicing the problems with AI beforehand instead of assuming that tool access would be enough.

Published

Curated and edited by PracHub

Practice the questions from this interview

Discussion

Sign in to join the discussion. The author is notified of every comment.

Loading comments…

Interview at a glance

Company
Shopify
Role
Software Engineer
Rounds
Technical Screen
Outcome
In progress
Difficulty
medium
Interview date
Nov 2026
Questions from this interview
1 question

Real Shopify interview experiences

First-hand reports from Shopify candidates — the rounds, the questions they were asked, and how it went.

All 26 Shopify interview experiences