Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Stripe with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 56 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(Internship) according to 56 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 13%
Personality test: 4%
Other: 3%
Background check: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
Group panel interview: 1%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Stripe (Cluj-Napoca) in Mar 2026
Interview
It was an online interview with some tehnical assessments no that hard, a hacker rank problem which could go on for more levels. Especially python. The problems where about managing a tree of roles in a firm and print them according to the needs of the interviewer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you had a deadline which you now you cant solve it in time, how would you proceed?
There was a recruiter call where they told me what to expect for the next couple rounds. I had a call with the hiring manager and technicals with 2 other engineers.
I applied and got an interview offer in about 2 weeks. I interviewed with someone from the US even though i applied for Bucharest. A bit of introduction and HR style questions in the beggining, followed by 2 problems.
The first step is a HackerRank challenge, typically 60 minutes long, consisting of one question broken into 3 parts/sub-tasks. The question is implementation-heavy rather than a typical dynamic programming or graph puzzle.