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Staff Software Engineer Interview Experience - Toronto, Ontario

September 1, 2025
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

7 stages:

  • Screening call
  • Initial code challenge
  • 4 more code challenges
  • Behavioral

The 4 code challenges and behavioral are scheduled as a panel, all in one day, an hour each, or you can split them into two days. Interviewers seem to be chosen at random and are not necessarily going to be a part of your team.

I applied for a Staff Developer role (backend), and they, for some reason, put me through a full-stack interview process. One of the challenges I received was about front-end code, which was not supposed to be a part of my process (and my HR representative agreed), but nothing was done to correct this mistake.

Questions

  • Consume an API endpoint.
  • Create a formatted report from raw JSON data.
  • Reformat data from one raw format to another, adding filtering capabilities.
  • Find a bug in an open-source library.
  • Create a UI element that shows a list of items, adding different distinguishing elements to some of the line items.
  • Discuss a project you worked on in the past: how did you ideate it, pitch it, break it down, minimize risk, what went well, what didn't go well, how did you approach buy-in, stakeholder management, deadlines, and delivery.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Stripe Staff Software Engineer role in Toronto, Ontario.

Success Rate

0%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral0%
Negative50%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Stripe's Staff Software Engineer interview process in Toronto, Ontario.