Stripe

I applied online. 45-minute interview. Quick introduction, then a practical coding round with multiple parts. Typically involves parsing or hash maps, but is not LeetCode-styled. They look for you talking about your thought process and moving fast.

Hiring Manager Informal Chat (simple behavioral/background) Recruiter Screen (Logistics e.g. start date, salary etc.) Technical Take home - Using their API / UI build out a custom billing setup based on a brief and then design systems architecture

As mentioned by others, the standard interview process was used. The pair programming was a complete failure, as the interviewers had no idea what pair programming entailed. The question itself was standard, but the interviewers didn't mention what