I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Stripe (Dublin, Dublin) in Apr 2017
Interview
Did phone screening. Nice person to speak with but felt I hadn't enough experience for account executive role. Instead felt I'd be best to interview for New Business Associate. Said she would send job spec to me after call so I could give thumbs up to interview for it if I was interested. Did she ever send it despite me following up again? Nope.
The call was discussing my current sales role, attainment, qualities I bring to the team, what I would bring to Stripe. Very conversational - didn't seem to follow a particular script which was good.
Recruiter screen super positive, but peer account executive interview was surprising. When you hear the product feedback loop is largely informal/personal and relationship based with product managers. I’m curious how the team plans to scale those insights as the head-count grows. It might be the Account Executive wasn't aligned on Stripe.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How you take into account users when making improvements to a product?
6 interviews in total, asking similar questions in each one. Why do you want to work here with a mix of behavioural and competency style questions with the hiring manager, other manager .
I applied online. I interviewed at Stripe (Dublin, Dublin)
Interview
Stripe's Dublin-based hiring appears rigid, with a strong preference for local Irish candidates—even for specialized EMEA roles. The process inconsistently advances high-volume English-only positions but quickly rejects qualified applicants for EU market-specific ones, suggesting early screening prioritizes local Irish hires over broader merit or fit for the roles focusing on EU market.