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Engineering Manager Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

July 1, 2025
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Process

Applied online and moved through a quick recruiter screen.

The mini-onsite had two rounds:

  • First was around people management: handling tough team dynamics, hiring approach, and leading through ambiguity.
  • Second was technical: a bit of live coding and a lightweight system design – nothing crazy, but you need to be clear on trade-offs and decision-making.

The onsite had four rounds.

Started with system design with a tech lead – think ledger service or analytics pipeline. They care more about structured thinking and scalability than perfect answers.

Then came two management-focused rounds – one behavioral, one role-play. Expect scenarios like shifting a top IC off a project they love, or resolving engineer conflicts.

Final round was a 20-minute technical presentation based on a 1000-word doc about a project I led – deep tech dive plus business outcomes, followed by intense Q&A.

Used Prepfully for mocks – helped a ton with surfacing the right kinds of examples and stress-testing my manager stories.

The process is a little tough but fair – make sure you put strong emphasis on clarity, ownership, and leadership judgment.

Questions

Design a system that aggregates and consumes analytics events.

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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.