RejectedOnsite

Bug-Hunt, AI-Pairing, and Map-Drawing Rounds, No System Design

StripeSoftware Engineer · Senior+ · Onsite · Sep 2026

I've already forgotten what the phone screen was, but it wasn't hard. The onsite loop was really different from other companies — felt different from what I'd seen and from other people's experiences too. Round 1 was a bug-hunting round, roughly three problems. Make sure you set up your IDE and install the plugins ahead of time — the details are in the email. (I wasn't careful and didn't read the…

Shared by a candidate · reported Sep 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.