Just wrapped up and got rejected. Wow, the hiring bar is so high and I’m feeling it. I was able to solve the programming question, find the bug and almost fix it, went through 3/5 of the integration questions, and vibed pretty well with the manager. The prep guide kept saying they value quality over speed, so I took lots of time trying to enhance / improve my code initially, but I guess it just wasn’t good enough. It’s very discouraging because it’s my first time doing a loop and I thought I did quite well, but oh well :(
Jesus, stripe on your first time doing an interview loop? That's a notoriously hard loop.
The seem to blitz companies. Most of my teammates have been approached and in all of my years in PayPal, I don’t know a single person that passed their interview process
All I know is that when people say there's no leetcode, it must be hard as fuck. I saw one bootcamp grad pass it.
Thanks y’all, that makes me feel a lot better.
How long after onsite did you hear back op? Hope you land your dream job soon
Finished on Wednesday morning, heard back Friday morning
That’s a great turnaround though the outcome was not in your favor
I have all these rounds scheduled for next week. I'm terrified af already about the interviews and this post just made me feel even worse. I'm a competitive engineer and deemed as high performing in my current org but I already imagine my interviews going the same way as OP's :"(
Best of luck!! I hope you get the good news.
Hey, thank you I bombed 2 of those interviews. I know I could've done so much better. I had to write code from scratch and I fumbled so hard on the code that you setup once at the start of the project and tend to forget when your project grows large
It is a tough interview loop but dont feel discouraged. Ive seen candidates with great experience and ace the coding with flying colors get rejected. One thing at Stripe is they want all thumbs up or its gonna be a rejection. So even if one interviewer is lukewarm on the candidate, they reject. Most managers wont pull rank on that part of the Stripe culture.
I’ve experienced the same thing with other tech companies when interviewing. Like I swear I got them but I didn’t pass, so you’re chilling. The market is tougher now too
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I also interviewed with them last year - they said I did great on the on-site, asked for a reference, and after they got it they rejected me. Probably the most bizarre hiring process I’ve ever seen.
Your reference probably threw a red flag. Those are not just for show and they ask a lot of follow up questions about how you work and how well you treat others.