Stripe

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

October 11, 2017

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I interviewed with Stripe at Grace Hopper. I solved the question fairly quickly and ran several tests on my solution.

The engineer interviewing me told me I'd done a great job.

I was then emailed by a recruiter one week later saying I wouldn't be moving on to the next round and received no other feedback, which was confusing given that my interviewer gave me positive feedback.

Questions

API allocation/deallocation question

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 42 interview experiences for the Stripe Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

10%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive60%

Neutral29%

Negative12%

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

Stripe Work Experiences

Supportive Team, Fast Pace

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Oyster Point, United States

September 9, 2025

Pros: Incredibly collaborative and supportive coworkers, fast-paced and challenging environment. Work-life balance depends heavily on the team and its projects, though.

Cons: If you're not someone who can take initiative on their own or become self-sufficient, it's very possible to fall behind.

Supportive Team, Fast Pace

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Oyster Point, United States

September 9, 2025

Pros: Incredibly collaborative and supportive coworkers, fast-paced and challenging environment. Work-life balance depends heavily on the team and its projects, though.

Cons: If you're not someone who can take initiative on their own or become self-sufficient, it's very possible to fall behind.

Good place to grow your career

Software Engineer • Current Employee

South San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Supportive and technically excellent coworkers, good work–life balance (at least for me, though this may not be common across the company), opportunities for impact, awesome office atmosphere, great compensation.

Cons: Leadership sometimes makes last-minute changes with no warning. Code debt.

Good place to grow your career

Software Engineer • Current Employee

South San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Supportive and technically excellent coworkers, good work–life balance (at least for me, though this may not be common across the company), opportunities for impact, awesome office atmosphere, great compensation.

Cons: Leadership sometimes makes last-minute changes with no warning. Code debt.

Good Pay, Smart Colleagues, Stressful

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

October 2, 2023

Pros: Pays well and has smart coworkers.

Cons: Stressful and hard to keep up at times.

Good Pay, Smart Colleagues, Stressful

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

October 2, 2023

Pros: Pays well and has smart coworkers.

Cons: Stressful and hard to keep up at times.

Supportive Team, Fast Pace

Software Engineer • Former Employee

Oyster Point, United States

September 9, 2025

Pros: Incredibly collaborative and supportive coworkers, fast-paced and challenging environment. Work-life balance depends heavily on the team and its projects, though.

Cons: If you're not someone who can take initiative on their own or become self-sufficient, it's very possible to fall behind.

4.0
Supportive Team, Fast Pace
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Oyster Point, United States
September 9, 2025
Pros: Incredibly collaborative and supportive coworkers, fast-paced and challenging environment. Work-life balance depends heavily on the team and its projects, though.
Cons: If you're not someone who can take initiative on their own or become self-sufficient, it's very possible to fall behind.

Good place to grow your career

Software Engineer • Current Employee

South San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Supportive and technically excellent coworkers, good work–life balance (at least for me, though this may not be common across the company), opportunities for impact, awesome office atmosphere, great compensation.

Cons: Leadership sometimes makes last-minute changes with no warning. Code debt.

5.0
Good place to grow your career
Software Engineer • Current Employee
South San Francisco, California, United States
March 30, 2024
Pros: Supportive and technically excellent coworkers, good work–life balance (at least for me, though this may not be common across the company), opportunities for impact, awesome office atmosphere, great compensation.
Cons: Leadership sometimes makes last-minute changes with no warning. Code debt.

Good Pay, Smart Colleagues, Stressful

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

October 2, 2023

Pros: Pays well and has smart coworkers.

Cons: Stressful and hard to keep up at times.

3.0
Good Pay, Smart Colleagues, Stressful
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
October 2, 2023
Pros: Pays well and has smart coworkers.
Cons: Stressful and hard to keep up at times.

Stripe Interview Questions

Minimum Penalty for a Shop

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.

ArraysStringsDynamic Programming

Evaluate Division

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.

Cheapest Flights Within K Stops

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

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