I was referred. The process involved a typical phone screen, followed by a typical onsite interview. I received a verbal offer soon after.

A few days later, during a follow-up call I believed would be about team matching, the recruiter rescinded the offer. They stated that "they are targeting only engineers with 10+ years of experience for 2020."

The Stripe interview process is formulaic (and well-documented online), although it's a different formula from Google.

Instead of 5 whiteboard interviews, you receive:

• A bug hunt
• An "implement a script" interview
• A typical whiteboard-style interview where they claim up-front not to care about Big-O performance (although one of my interviewers, when pressed afterward, said that yeah, he basically just cares about Big-O performance)
• A whiteboard design question
• A manager chat