I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Stripe (San Francisco, CA) in Apr 2015
Interview
Interviewing for a sales position at Stripe was a more difficult process than other sales interviews because they required me to do more homework and give much more thoughtful answers than a typical interview would. Anytime I was asked about previous wins or projects I worked on, they always wanted to know how I might be able to apply that lesson to working at Stripe. Every conversation I had was with a highly intelligent member of the team and I felt like it was a fantastic experience that made me excited to work here. I wasn't just talking to a recruiter, but with people on the sales team, account managers, and even high up directors.
Process:
3 Phone screens
Writing assignment
4 on site interviews with various 'think on your feet' assessments
Tips:
Have a good understanding of the payments industry
Know what projects or initiatives you can bring to the table from previous experiences
Ask a lot of questions and show a willingness to make the company grow ( vs just your own individual success)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What verticals do you think Stripe should focus on for new user acquisition? Why and how would you go about reaching them?
Normal process of a few rounds of speaking to different people. What sets them aside is that they “ghost” you when it’s all over with. You go to lengths to prepare for these interviews to be met with silence by the Recruitor. Very unprofessional in my opinion.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are my strengths/weaknesses? Why I had gaps? My sales experience?
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 .
Account Executive applicants have rated the interview process at Stripe with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 59% positive. To compare, the company-average is 45.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Account Executive roles take an average of 32 days to get hired, when considering 34 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 Account Executive according to 34 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 25%
Phone interview: 23%
Presentation: 14%
Background check: 9%
Skills test: 8%
Group panel interview: 7%
Drug test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Other: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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