Stripe·Software Engineer

Stripe Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I made it through a pretty full cycle and reached a virtual onsite with multiple rounds before being rejected.

The path included an OA that was focused on system design, then a team screen that was also system design. After that, the virtual onsite added system design plus an API integration component, and I wrapped it up with a manager round.

What stuck with me most was the mismatch between how I felt about different parts of the onsite. I felt strong on the system design questions and walked away thinking I’d done well there, but the integration performance didn’t go as smoothly—I only scored part of it. The manager round felt more mixed, and it leaned heavily on questions about how organized I

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