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Engineering Manager Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

January 1, 2019
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The process began with a recruiter call, followed by a "mini onsite" interview with three Engineering Managers. The first two interviews seemed reasonable, but the third was very awkward.

I was asked the same questions multiple times, and the interviewer had a very unfriendly way of asking them. I felt as though I had committed a crime and was being investigated.

It's worth mentioning that when I looked around the office, I realized there was no diversity. I saw diversity only at the front desk; everywhere else in the office, it was mainly a white population. I did see quite a few women in the office, but they were all white as well.

It was very surprising to see no diversity at all in the heart of Silicon Valley, and I wonder if my experience would have been different if I had been a white candidate.

Questions

Typical management/behavioral questions:

  • How do you manage priorities?
  • Why management?
  • What is your management style?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 11 interview experiences for the Stripe Engineering Manager role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

36%
Pass Rate

Stripe's interview process for their Engineering Manager roles in San Francisco, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive55%
Neutral9%
Negative36%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Stripe's Engineering Manager interview process in San Francisco, California.

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