[nathanvanfleet]

I'll never respect Shopify. I gave them my CV with decent experience and the recruiter never even spoke to me on the phone. They told me that I would need more of a social media presence or maybe open-source work. It was completely baffling but I'm glad I never encountered another company like them.

[motoxpro]

I mean, sounds like they didn't think you were good enough for the job and gave you some nice tips on how to shortcut not having the required experience.

[boringg]

I'd agree the fact that they even gave you any feedback is a benefit - things that can improve your candidacy. Outside of knowing anything about your job application/experience - most places I know just don't get back to you and leave you wondering if you are still in the running or not.

[onion2k]

You don't mention what sort of role you applied for. If it was any kind of developer relations position then looking for someone with a recognised presence in the community isn't unreasonable. Even for an ordinary dev role, looking for someone who has demonstrated their ability to be sociable and work with other devs is understandable even if it sucks.

Plus you don't say when this was. Looking at social media profiles in job applications was a bit of a (silly) trend 5 or 6 years ago.

[breakfastduck]

Very large org with no doubt limitless job applications being submitted are particularly picky with the ones they choose to interview? Colour me shocked.