RejectedSoftware Engineer at Stripe
- Difficulty
- Process took
- 2-3 Weeks
- Rounds
- 4
- Format
- Remote
- Applied via
- Job Portal
How it went
Interviews are never perfect. Even if things go slightly off-track or time runs out, focus on demonstrating your approach, problem-solving mindset, and ability to handle pressure. Every round is a learning opportunity, and understanding your weak spots now helps you nail the next one
What they would tell you
Interviews are never perfect. Even if things go slightly off-track or time runs out, focus on demonstrating your approach, problem-solving mindset, and ability to handle pressure. Every round is a learning opportunity, and understanding your weak spots now helps you nail the next one
How to prepare
Practice Problems: Heaps, priority queues, and integration of multiple data structures came up here. Doing a few compound problems that combine concepts can help you handle tricky follow-ups
Round by round
- 1
Phone Screening Round40 min
It was a 40-minute phone screen. I solved the first problem completely and almost finished the second, except for a small bug because of time. Even though I didn’t finish everything, the interviewer liked my approach and said the bug was easy to fix
- 2
Coding Round60 min
Tougher than my phone interview, The first part was about trees, which I solved, and the second part involved graphs, I almost got it done before time ran out
- 3
Bug Bash Round60 min
In this round, I was asked to find and fix bugs, there were three bugs in total, i identified and fixed all of them within the time limit, and the interviewer seemed satisfied with my performance
- 4
Integration Round60 min
There were a total of four parts in this round, and the fourth part had two subparts. I solved the first three parts successfully. In the fourth one, I struggled a bit to understand the question but managed to solve the first subpart. For the second subpart, I wrote the code but had a small bug in the loop that I couldn’t fix before time ran out. I clearly explained my approach to the interviewer.
What came up
A candidate-reported account, lightly edited. Interview processes change by team and date.