I applied online. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at Stripe (Melbourne) in Feb 2018
Interview
First step was a phone interview with a hiring manager. We spoke for about 15 minutes. She asked me general background info and why I was interested in the role. After assessing initial fit with the role she told me she would schedule a phone interview with Country Manager (I was applying for position in Melbourne, Australia.
A few days later I had a 30 min phone interview with the head of the Melbourne office. Once again, the questions were all very general and related to my background, experience and interests. I was told that I would be contacted again for next steps.
I was then contacted via email and asked to complete a written project that consisted of the following: (1) Write emails responses to 4 different customer inbound emails; (2) API debugging questions. I was given a snippet of a customer's code and asked to debug it, and then write a response to that customer to explain why they are experiencing trouble; (3) Account Priorization. Given a list of real customers and asked to choose only two to work on and asked to explain why.
A week after I submitted the written project I was then invited to another round of interviews, this time via video conference. I had 4 interviews, back to back, 30 min each, which different members of the Melbourne Office. All were Account Managers / Sales roles.
I then waited almost 3 weeks. I had another job offer which was pressing me to accept, which I did end up accepting. I wrote to Stripe before accepting the other offer and asked where I stood in the process, what came next, etc. But heard nothing back. I then received a rejection after I had already accepted the other job.
Overall, the people were very nice. The hiring manager who was my main contact throughout the process was awesome. I enjoyed the process. I didn't get the job in the end, but even if I did, they would have let me known too late. The interview process is very rigorous and complete. The 4 interviews were divided by theme. The first one was related to general goals and metrics. The second one was a case study and was asked to walk through how I would go about deciding how well Stripe is doing with startups. The third interview was all about product. The fourth was all about how I would respond in common AM scenarios.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Stripe?
Describe a complicated process you have worked on.
What are the goals of an AM?
What metrics would you use to measure these goals?
How would you prioritize those metrics?
Give me an example of a time you managed a tough customer.
How would you go about determining how many AMs we need this upcoming year?
CASE STUDY to answer: How well are we doing with startups?
What is a product you love? Why? How would you improve it?
How could Stripe do better in terms of its product?
What isn't Stripe doing well?
What would you do if you need an urgent answer to help a customer but you can't get the info from your team member?
Tell me about a time you have solved a tough customer issue.
Tell me about a time you have worked with an angry customer.
Long and nonsensical. They ask you to write three assignments so they can then use these as the starting points for conversations with multiple stakeholders. The hiring managers are apparently not allowed to decide on their own who can work in their team.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Stripe (Singapore) in Nov 2024
Interview
Recruiter did a great job clearly detailing next steps for the interview and helped me feel at ease. Communication was tight and after Hiring Manager interview, got back to me fairly quickly informing me that they have decided to consider other candidates for the role.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Stripe
Interview
Phone screen, hiring manager interview, then written assignment. I was presented with a lengthy written assignment. The initial rejection letter specified they would not be able to offer any feedback whatsoever.