Candidates applying for Software Engineer (Swe II) roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Stripe overall takes an average of 26 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Stripe as a Software Engineer (Swe II) according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 50%
One on one interview: 50%
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break into few rounds: coding, debug, practical API, behavior, system design. Fairly challenging on debug round. Coding round is more about understanding problem clearly before coding. API round consist multiple questions
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Stripe (Seattle, WA) in Mar 2026
Interview
Phone screen of practical multi-part question. 4 round final loop with 1 round for another multi-part practical question, 1 bug bash, 1 integration round involving calling public APIs, and 1 behavioral. Interviewers were almost completely silent during technical rounds in the final loop. Didn't feel encouraging.