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What to Expect in the Shopify DS Interview Loop

The Shopify DS interview loop is very structured. Each interview follows an almost-rigid format to assess you across very specific technical and leadership skills. Here's the process:

  1. 1. Recruiter Screen

    Initial chat about background and interest in the commerce ecosystem.

  2. 2. Life Story Interview

    A unique 30-60 min interview focusing on your journey and decision-making history.

  3. 3. Technical Screen

    SQL and Python coding with commerce datasets, plus statistical reasoning.

  4. 4. Onsite / Final Panel

    Take-Home review, Pair Programming on a data problem, Product Analytics case, and Final Panel.

    • Behavioral

    • Statistics

    • Case Study

    • ML Knowledge

    • Coding & SQL

Candidates keep coming back

63% book a follow-up

5.02 sessions on average

Thank you for your time and insight. Our discussion was a great mock session for the first interview and set me up for a successful session. I am sure the rest of your advice about the set of interviews will be equally valuable. I appreciate that you came to the call with a clear agenda, process, and topics to work through and that you have Shopify specific insights to share.

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Shopify Staff Data Scientist

5 star review

It is a bit challenging to evaluate the quality of and expertise of coaches ahead of the interview. So that is my hesitation there have been valuable components of my sessions and some that are by people who are a bit more junior than I would expect for the level of actual interviewers I am meeting with. On short-notice though I was able to get generally good and helpful sessions. @coach - Great feedback pushing me on the statistical modeling components and explaining the fundamentals. Clearly exposing the things I haven’t had to communicate recently! I was able to spend the 90 minutes after the call refreshing on those fundamentals and the interview went great.

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Shopify Staff Data Scientist

5 star review

Fantastic coaching sessions, super worth it! The mock interview was highly relevant to Shopify DS interviews, with strong focus on structure, metrics, and problem framing. Feedback was clear, actionable, and immediately useful. I learned a lot and left with concrete ways to improve. Highly recommend. Thank you Kitu!

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Shopify Data Scientist

5 star review

The coaching and tips were super helpful and well worth it! @coach - Thank you Kitu! I really enjoyed the coaching session!

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Shopify Staff Data Scientist

5 star review

I really enjoyed working with this coach. I learned a lot in out session. I'm booking more sessions to practice more.

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Shopify Data Scientist

5 star review

Excellent interview experience! Tailored the discussion to the leveling for DS interviews and pushed me on problem framing, metric rigor, and structure. Feedback was sharp and actionable, helping me refine how I structure and articulate complex analyses under pressure. I left with clear and practical improvements to work on. Highly recommend!

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Shopify DS

5 star review

My coach is incredibly nice and helpful. I really appreciate her sessions. I gained both knowledge and confidence through the process. She walked me through what to expect from the recruiting process at a high level and then gave very specific feedback on how I could improve.

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Shopify DS

5 star review

Thanks for the session! I appreciate your efforts to find my weaknesses.  You can only schedule 60 minutes. There should be a way to book 90min or 2 hours.

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Shopify Senior Data Scientist, Product

5 star review

Hello!  Thanks again for sharing knowledge on how to perform well on this next series of interviews. I really appreciate it, especially given then short notice. Interviews tend to be a challenge without this kind of feedback, so I’m glad to have it.  If you’d like to stay in touch, feel free to add me on LinkedIn.  Cheers, ******* It’s advice you won’t get unless you know someone in the exact role, at the exact company who can give this advice informally.

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Shopify Staff Data Scientist

5 star review

Thank you very much *******, you made a very efficient use of our shortened session, and certainly made me more prepared for the real interview. I wish we had more time, because I would love to know if there will be an ML topics in the interview. You made me aware of my bad habits when writing code, and wouldn't have known this if you didn't point it out. Overall, I walked away feeling more confident after your feedback on my performance in the mock interview and your advice on what to improve on before the interview. The coach was very knowledgeable and gave me insider tips on what the hiring company will be  checking to see in the interview. Tips that I would never have been able to discover on my own, even with 100's of hours of studying. This session was definitely worth it.

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Shopify Senior Data Scientist

5 star review

Thank you! This was really helpful. Now I know what to study and will be more confident. Really helpful to make sure I’m reviewing the right topics for my interview. Will save me a lot of time.

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Shopify Senior Product Data Scientist

5 star review

Thank you very much for the session today. It really helped me understand the why behind the interview structure and what the company is looking for. Really appreciate your taking the time on a night on the weekend at fairly short notice!  The coach was great, with relevant experience. Feedback was very beneficial and really helped me understand the scope of the interview and how it applies to the company. 

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Shopify Staff Data Scientist

5 star review

Thank you very much *******. This was a great experience and I learned a lot from you. It also made me want to join Shopify even more. The interview process is very stressful and you made it easier for me. So thank you! I was skeptical at first when I signed up but I decided to give it a shot. I could not get the coach I wanted but someone from Prepfully contacted me and suggested a coach more senior than the one I had chosen and they gave me a discount too. It was nice that an actual human contacted me through email and helped me get things going.  The only unrealistic thing about the mock interview was that my coach was very on-time. I've never had a real interview where the interviewers were on-time, LOL. 

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Shopify DS

5 star review

He asked the relevant question and helped me understand what type of questions I need to prepare. Thanks for your time!

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Shopify Senior Data Scientist

5 star review

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