I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Stripe (Bogotá, Bogota) in Sep 2020
Interview
The Stripe interview focuses more on clean code, and less on the optimal time complexity of the algorithm.
Interviewers and recruiters are super nice people. This seems a top company to work at.
Key difference: You can use Stack overflow, google or other resources during your interviews. It is encouraged by the Stripe team.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
-Coding sample via hackerrank, 90 mins with one coding question and a followup open ended question about extending the case.
- Virtual interview, you can use coderpad or your local IDE. They will ask you to share the screen and solve a problem and implement unit testing.
They strongly recommend not to use C/C++ in these interviews. I have experience with c++ and python and feel that going with python was the best choice.
1 round -> superday -> final. superday constists of 3 rounds and ask system design. final is simply a behavioral where they ask you about your background. Superday is most important
There was an online coding test which was provided through the Hackerrank platform. You could use Python or C++ to complete the assessment and there were instructions for both languages.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Stripe
Interview
My interview went really well, they care a lot about code quality and testing and not so much algorithms, so make sure you know what to prepare for! My interviewer was really nice and answered all of my questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Get the min column value given a database and a column name.
SWE applicants have rated the interview process at Stripe with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 80% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Stripe overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Stripe as a SWE according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Presentation: 33%
Phone interview: 33%
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