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“Very strong interviewers who know what they are looking for and prompt you in the direction needed. The product sense question seemed too narrow in scope and was phrased in a tricky way where traditional structure could not fit in to solve the problem.”
“It started well, but at some point I was rushing through, so I had to take sometime and relax. I needed to clearly articulate my thoughts process well. Definitely use the STAR method in your preparation, it really worked for me”
“Seemed a little disorganized. Questions off the top of the interviewers' heads. No structure given to the interviewee ahead of time. Everyone was very nice”
“9 rounds of interviews total. The process was very long but relatively easy compare with other FAANG companies. Mostly focus on behavioral.”
“I enjoyed moving through the process - the recruiters are contracted. The final round is 3 back to back interviews (~45 mins to 1 hr) talking about products, opinions, and behavioral questions. There is a lot of clear feedback, and the interviewers can be PMs from any team, so they may or may not be on the same team as you if hired. There is a lot of communication between the recruiters and the PMs, so the interview process is quite transparent. PM positions chosen by internal organization leaders (such as Actions, Security VP chooses candidates they want).”
“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 ”
“The process was relatively short and well defined. I went through a recruiter screen followed by a first round with the director of the portfolio. After passing that the final round was a panel with two group PMs, an eng manager, and a design manager (4 separate interviews over the course of a week) eBay provided 4 "themes" for each panel interview, however both PM rounds asked execution questions when one of the rounds was supposed to be strategic or product design focused.”
“The process was quite different - they wanted a cybersecurity engineer with advanced DSA-level coding experience + consulting. Somewhere it seemed its kinda Software Security Engineer role, but they just wouldn't tell you that.”
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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.”
