Engineering Manager Interview Experience - San Francisco, California
Process
Call with recruiter followed by a mini on-site (with 2 folks) and a full day on-site with multiple rounds.
- Technical discussion (panel)
- Role play interviews (x 2)
- Scaling teams
- Managing performance
- Past experiences
The process was pretty fast and well organized. The feedback was fast as well.
Questions
Traditional questions around management:
- Coaching
- Mentoring
- Performance
- Roadmap and execution
Two role-play interviews were odd.
In my humble opinion, role-play interviews for engineering managers are not the best way to assess a candidate.
Stripe might be able to get signals out of this, but it is not the standard and does not give the candidate the opportunity to be their best and showcase their strengths.
If I wanted to do improv, I wouldn't be applying to Stripe.
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Interview Statistics
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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.
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Stripe Work Experiences
- 4.0Experience will be based on the team you joinEngineering Manager • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJanuary 17, 2025Pros: Clear vision of product. Most people have a favorable opinion of the CEO. Great benefits. SF office is very nice. One of the best companies if you value developer (customer) experience.Cons: As the product has grown, there have been technical architecture challenges. Depending on your role, these can be a great challenge or frustrating. There is some conflict between work styles, where different tools and processes are used from one team to the next.
- 4.0Really good at some things, not so good at othersEngineering Manager • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesMarch 4, 2022Pros: Very good engineers to work with. The company leadership was outstanding and really cared about both the customers and the employees.Cons: Middle management was hit or miss. Some of them moved to positions of authority before they knew what they were doing. These were basically growing pains of a hyper-growth startup.
- 2.0Highly dependent on senior leadershipEngineering Manager • Former EmployeeSan Francisco, California, United StatesJanuary 14, 2023Pros: Smart, friendly people who are ambitious.Cons: Leadership is at times short-sighted and often causes thrash by deciding to invest in long-term (9-12mo) projects one quarter, and then pulling resources from it the next quarter.
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