Stripe·Software Engineer

Stripe Software Engineer interview experience

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San Francisco, CAPosted Oct 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The recruiter part of the experience felt warm and engaging, and then the rest of the process moved through multiple rounds fairly quickly.

I ended up doing a technical screen and couldn’t pass it, even though I felt like I understood what was being asked. My gut told me I did decently, but I also felt like I probably should have moved faster.

What stuck with me about the overall journey was how many rounds I had to do without much in the way of feedback. I really appreciated the company-specific flavor of the questions, because they didn’t feel purely generic, but I still would’ve valued more interaction with the team throughout the process.

In the end I wasn’t offered the role. The experience felt decent and even interesting,

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