Stripe Account Executive interview experience

I made it only through the first round with the recruiter, and I expected something more general about the role and my background. Instead, it was heavily behavior-focused with questions framed as “tell me about a time…”—but the style didn’t feel like the typical format I was used to.

Even though the people were there to talk and it didn’t feel rude, the gap was preparation. I realized I wasn’t prepared for how specific and different the prompts would feel, and I left the call thinking I’d missed something fundamental.

Later in another attempt, I had a clear sequence in the process,