They hire smart people, and the pay was good in the past.
They reduced the pay bands, which attracts worse talent. They assume they can get away with it because the market took a downturn, but you can see a clear quality difference before and after the pay band reduction.
I applied to Stripe NYC through a referral on February 20, 2025. I heard back from a recruiter on February 21. The entire process took 1.5 months and had three main parts: 1. **Recruiter Screen:** (About 20-30 minutes) This was to see what I was l
The interviewer was late. They then proceeded to paste a massive wall of text containing the coding problem, which was written in a really hard-to-read and long-winded way. It took me 10 minutes just to grasp the question. Ultimately, I was only abl
I had a phone call with the recruiter, followed by a phone screen. Unfortunately, I did not make it past the phone screen. It was exactly as other candidates described. The challenge involved a significant amount of text to read through to understan
I applied to Stripe NYC through a referral on February 20, 2025. I heard back from a recruiter on February 21. The entire process took 1.5 months and had three main parts: 1. **Recruiter Screen:** (About 20-30 minutes) This was to see what I was l
The interviewer was late. They then proceeded to paste a massive wall of text containing the coding problem, which was written in a really hard-to-read and long-winded way. It took me 10 minutes just to grasp the question. Ultimately, I was only abl
I had a phone call with the recruiter, followed by a phone screen. Unfortunately, I did not make it past the phone screen. It was exactly as other candidates described. The challenge involved a significant amount of text to read through to understan