I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Stripe in Jan 2022
Interview
Very structured and well explained upfront. The recruiter helps with prep and guide where to focus your preparation. There are many rounds to get through and each step is slightly different.
Went through recruiter screening and first case interview. Case interview was tough, relies on you having rehearsed a structure and practiced a lot (which I didn’t). Open ended, and very vague.
Advised that the process was 5+ weeks long. Lots of stages. Seems bloated and slow - not promising if you want to join a fast moving company.
Did the assesmsent first, it was straight forward, string parsing and authentication question, was very long, Make sure to understand the question properly before you start. It took about 40 mins to type my code out, didnt have a lot of time to debug afterwards
Recruiter is very clear about process. Interviewing is very time consuming. There are various phases. Screening is the first step and then you go into the interview cycle where various elements of the PM role are analyzed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
About products I liked, the expectation was that I would be able to talk about them with a broad product sense.