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“The OA was more challenging than I expected, the questions were more aligned with Competitive programming style. Recruiter was really supportive and informative. Still waiting on the next steps, which is the final round.”
“In the phone screen the interviewer is very technical, supposedly should be AWS LP, behavioural and some technical questions. The interviewer says casual conversation but wants me to design the system but doesn't want me to draw diagram but keeps upgrading function or non-functional requirements and expects me to answer asap. And also as detailed as the formula for certain evaluation metrics.”
“Some of the interviews are very formulaic. When they ask about management experience they first start by asking what is the largest org you've managed, and then all following questions are about that org. The largest org I had managed was at a bank which doesn't have the greatest parallels to draw from. If I had better understood the format I would have answered with the bank, but explicitly stated that it's not a good analogy lets talk about this slightly smaller org because it's closer to you guys. Instead, this conversation happened at the end.”
“Friendly recruiter screening (looking for good communication) and senior PM (mini-case). Mini-case was easy. Power day is ahead (final), and reportedly has much lower low pass rate. Calculators allowed, so evaluation is focused more on thinking and communication. ”
“The process and the questions were more or less what I expected. I thought that they would provide a take home assessment but instead in was directly invited to the call and answer questions there. ”
“The process was straightforward, recruiter call followed by online assessment. Depending on the assessment, you are invited for a virtual on-site, with coding and system design. If you succeed, then there is a deep dive project round and finally behavioral. Interview is split into stages.”
“The process was smooth. The coding assessment(SQL) section needs serious preparation before any attempt. The case study section was as per expecations and followed the generic pattern.”
“During my Stripe interview process, I felt that most rounds went quite well from my perspective. I came out of the interviews believing I had performed strongly, communicated my experience clearly, and provided thoughtful answers across technical and behavioral discussions. What went well: The interviewers were generally professional and the process was structured. I felt confident in my responses and believed I demonstrated relevant experience effectively. The overall process was organized, and communication from recruiting was mostly clear. What didn’t go well: The feedback I later received felt somewhat misaligned with my own assessment. While I believed I had performed very well, the impression seemed to be that I was viewed as only “okay” across rounds. One frustrating aspect was that interviewers consistently ended sessions around 10 minutes early, which sometimes left me feeling I didn’t have the full opportunity to elaborate further, ask deeper questions, or fully showcase my strengths. This created some uncertainty, as the shortened discussions occasionally made it harder to gauge interviewer engagement or whether enough depth was reached. Overall, while the process itself was smooth and professional, the discrepancy between my perceived performance and the final feedback was disappointing. I believe more consistent use of allotted interview time could have improved the experience and allowed for a fuller evaluation.”
“The interview went well as I expected the questions where L2. They asked about project and challenges during the project and how i overcame those challenges while collaborating with teammates ”
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“The weirdest Anthropic round was the company values interview. It was almost like a therapy session, and honestly if you went to a therapist at some point, you will pass that round much more easily.”
“What was very unusual is they didn’t give me any tooling to draw the system design, so I just sketched it on a piece of paper and talked them through it, then we got into this oddly deep debate about whether hover-over history should count as a recommendation signal.”
