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Backend/API Engineer Interview Experience - Dublin, Ireland

January 21, 2026
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

15-minute call with their recruiter, followed by an initial screening round, which was a coding exercise (not leet code, more like string/array manipulation).

After passing that, I had to do 6 rounds of:

  • System design: whiteboard problem, the guy was pleasant and helpful, but I bottled it.
  • Backend integration: tests your ability to develop a REST API, easy enough.
  • Culture: general conversation over career and goals.
  • Bug squash: they give you a failing test, and you have to fix it. I managed to fix all suites, but I didn't perform very well here because my methodology wasn't strong enough I believe, and the guy wasn't very pleasant (a bit pushy but still professional).

The interview process was very long and exhausting, but it truly tests your ability as a software engineer without resorting to leet code.

Questions

Identify and fix the code failing this test

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Stripe's interview process for their Backend/API Engineer roles in Dublin, County Dublin is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Stripe's Backend/API Engineer interview process in Dublin, County Dublin.

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