15 min initial meeting, followed by a 1 hour " Life Story" and a final step of a 2 hour interview of a reverse life story ( where you, the candidate interview someone at Shopify) and then a technical interview. The process was very fast, after the initial 15 mins meeting. The whole interview process except for the final meeting is purely a cultural fit assessment. Makes you wonder what place recruiters have in the organization if they are simply assessing people for " culture fit". The team lacked any diversity, everyone was a young, white woman. The team asked for my references and pushed very hard to move quickly- why do you ask for people's references if you have not hired them? I very much wish I did not provide my references because it gives such a bad message to the people you do provide. The interviews, lacked any depth or sophistication, at every stage of the interview including the final technical meeting was simply a chat. Very few insights about the business, the role or anything of substance. The process required a lot out of me as a candidate ( booking many meetings, references, filling out info for hardware if I were to get the job ect.). After more thought its for the best an offer was not presented because this team seems very inexperienced and lacked any of the sophistication you would expect from a tech company that is this highly regarded.