Shopify interview questions

52 questions26 coding5 system design21 behavioral10 freeUpdated

This is every question in the Shopify guide, in one list: 26 coding problems, 5 system designs and 21 behavioral questions, drawn from what candidates report about Shopify interviews.

Each row shows the round it comes from and links to the lesson that works through it. 10 are free to read in full. The other 42 are Premium, and here you still see their round, difficulty and topic, so you know what you're walking into.

Shopify coding interview questions

26 problems, in the order the guide teaches them. Each lesson gives the full problem, a worked solution and the follow-ups interviewers tend to add.

1Longest Zero-Sum Window: Prefix SumsFreeMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
2Top Best-Sellers: Count and RankFreeMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
3Shipping-Band Lookup: Binary SearchFreeMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
4Order Total: Stack Discounts by Precedence, Then Tax by RegionFreeMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
5Two Sum: One Pass with a Complement MapFreeEasyArrays, Strings & Hashing
6Order Fraud Flags: Aggregate per Key and ThresholdFreeMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
7Coin Change: Fewest Denominations to an Exact AmountFreeMediumDynamic Programming
8Partition Equal Subset Sum: The Reachability TableFreeMediumDynamic Programming
9Longest Common Subsequence: The Two-Sequence GridFreeMediumDynamic Programming
10Premium medium problemMediumSimulation & State Machines
11Premium medium problemMediumSimulation & State Machines
12Premium medium problemMediumHash Maps & Design
13Premium medium problemMediumHash Maps & Design
14Premium medium problemMediumHash Maps & Design
15Premium medium problemMediumHash Maps & Design
16Premium medium problemMediumHash Maps & Design
17Premium medium problemMediumHash Maps & Design
18Premium medium problemMediumTrees & Graphs
19Premium easy problemEasyTrees & Graphs
20Premium medium problemMediumTrees & Graphs
21Premium medium problemMediumTrees & Graphs
22Premium medium problemMediumTrees & Graphs
23Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Intervals
24Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Intervals
25Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Intervals
26Premium medium problemMediumHeaps & Intervals

Shopify system design interview questions

5 designs, each worked end to end in its own lesson, from requirements to the architecture and its trade-offs.

#Question
1Design CheckoutFree
2Design a Flash Sale (BFCM Scale) (Premium)
3Design Storefront Rendering (Premium)
4Design Product Search (Premium)
5Design a Notification System (Premium)

A lock means the design is named here and its walkthrough is Premium.

Shopify behavioral interview questions

21 questions, grouped by what the interviewer is testing. The lesson explains why each one gets asked and what a strong answer covers.

Merchant obsession (3)

All 3 are Premium

Get shit done & impact (3)

All 3 are Premium

Thrive on change & ambiguity (3)

All 3 are Premium

Craft & building for the long term (3)

All 3 are Premium

Ownership (3)

All 3 are Premium

Collaboration & the Trust Battery (3)

All 3 are Premium

Failure, learning & self-awareness (3)

All 3 are Premium

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Premium opens the 42 locked questions on this page, each with the full prompt and a worked answer, and every other lesson in all 100 company guides.

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How many questions are in the Shopify interview guide?

52: 26 coding problems, 5 system designs and 21 behavioral questions. The guide was last updated in November 2026.

Which rounds do these Shopify interview questions come from?

All 26 coding problems come from the coding rounds. The 5 system designs and 21 behavioral questions come from the system design and behavioral rounds. Every row in the list carries its round, so you can start with the one you have booked.

Which Shopify interview questions are free?

10 of the 52 are free to read in full, marked Free in the list. The other 42 come with Premium, which also opens all 100 company guides.