I had the first phone interview, which was a technical round. My experience has been the same as the numerous other reviews here. It looks like Stripe does not care about the feedback on their interview process and has no intention to improve it.

The question is rather simple, but the description is a long story that one has to read and comprehend. Then you need to keep scrolling up and down to implement the solution. The tough part is not the coding problem but rather the interview environment.

The interviewers constantly interrupt, do not let you think, and rush you a lot. A lot of time (almost 25 minutes) is wasted with the interviewer joining late, introductions, rules, and reading the problem before you actually begin coding. You need to solve 3-4 parts of the question in 25 minutes, as the last 5-10 minutes need to be kept for questions and talking.

The interviewers have no patience. They do not let you code and keep confusing you, making you nervous and anxious, and spoiling your entire thought process.

Like several others have mentioned, they pretend as if the interview went great and you made it, but soon, you receive a rejection email with feedback saying you are "not quite there." Why? No idea. The feedback was positive, but still, "try again later." This is a pathetic way to treat candidates.

I would strongly recommend not preparing at all for Stripe interviews, as it is just a stroke of luck depending on your interviewer's capabilities. You won't be allowed to shine, and your skills don't even matter in this process.

I am not trying for this company again. It left a very bad impression of the crowd there.

As mentioned before.