Stripe has a multi-stage interview process.

There's a phone screen with HR, a 3-hour mini-onsite (at least if you're in Seattle), and then a 6-hour onsite at HQ (SFO).

Presumably, there may be more interviews beyond that stage, which I did not make it to.

The interviews are pretty interesting and challenging.

The Mini-Onsite was mostly social interviewing, like "Tell me about a time when..." and "Tell me about a challenge..."

Stripe did endeavor to prepare me for the onsites by providing information via email and a prep phone call.

I suspect I must have appeared as an interruption to the person I spoke to for the prep phone call, as I got the impression their primary objective was to end the call as quickly as possible.

The Onsite interview at HQ was much more formally structured than the mini-onsite.

It included a presentation section, a design section, and a few role plays.

Be prepared to get very few minutes for your own questions to be answered.

Nearly all of the interviews ran right up to their allotted time.

The negative aspect of the interview process for me was communication outside of the in-person interviews.

Stripe never got back to me on the days they said they would (for the mini-onsite nor the onsite).

I do not know if this is common, but I found it disappointing and a source of significant stress.

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