Stripe

Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

October 25, 2025

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

There was first a recruiter screen, and then they booked a technical screening round with an engineer. This was in an online coding environment over Zoom, where I could use any programming language that I wanted.

Questions

A practical non-leetcode question with 4 parts

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 184 interview experiences for the Stripe Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

12%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral19%

Negative31%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Stripe's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

Stripe Interview Questions

Minimum Penalty for a Shop

Medium

Imagine you're managing a shop and need to decide when to close to minimize penalties. Determine the optimal closing time based on customer arrival data to reduce losses.

ArraysTwo PointersSliding Windows

Evaluate Division

Medium

You are given equations represented by pairs of variables and their corresponding values. Your task is to evaluate queries based on these equations, determining the value of expressions if possible, or returning -1.0 if not.

Graphs

Cheapest Flights Within K Stops

Medium

Find the cheapest price to fly from a source to a destination with at most K stops. You're given a list of flights with prices and need to determine the optimal route within the stop limit.

GraphsDynamic Programming