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Software Engineer Interview Experience

December 1, 2025
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 week.

A recruiter reached out to me for a phone screening interview to discuss my experience and what I am looking for. Afterwards I was invited for a live coding interview, which I scheduled.

A few days before the coding interview I got a generic rejection email. I reached out to the recruiter to get some clarity but received no response. Day of the interview arrived, I did my interview and so on, thought maybe there was an error?

Then an hour after the interview the recruiter responded to my email that I am not a fit for any of their current open roles and encourage me to apply again in 6-12 months lol

The engineer who interviewed me was nice and the question was not difficult, just long with many moving parts, I left feeling good. The recruiter, however, kinda damper the experience.

Questions

A CSV input to parse, validate, and print. It kept building with more logic to add.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 368 interview experiences for the Stripe Software Engineer role.

Success Rate

11%
Pass Rate

Stripe's interview process for their Software Engineer roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive51%
Neutral23%
Negative26%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Stripe's Software Engineer interview process.

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