Stripe Software Engineering Manager Interview Questions and Answers

Basic coding language and database related MCQ

Some mid complex problems

Q1. Can be related to data used in your or skills-knowledge mentioned in it.
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Q2. SQL questions like inner join & outer join query etc.
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Q3. HLD & LLD concepts
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Q4. Sample code for some problems company frequently needs to solve in ongoing projects. E.g. payment gateway
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Q1. Salary negotiation and employee benefits with tax deduction.
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75 min test with 18 Java theory questions

Q1. Synchronized keyword usage
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The synchronized keyword in Java is used to control access to shared resources in a multithreaded environment.
• Synchronized keyword can be used to synchronize access to critical sections of code to prevent race conditions.

• It can be applied to methods or code blocks to ensure only one thread can access them at a time.

• Example: synchronized void myMethod() { // code }

• Example: synchronized(this) { // code }
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Q2. Message Queue types
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Q3. Thread Contention
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Q4. Java Profiling Tools
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Q5. Abstract classes
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Q1. Technical questions
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Q1. Technical Questions
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Q1. Salary Discussion
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Round duration - 90 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Contained mix of coding, oops and general programming questions

Coding was live coding round
It was around 12pm
They used their own coding environment, I coded in java

Q1. 
Maximum Subarray Sum Problem Statement
Given an array arr of length N consisting of integers, find the sum of the subarray (including empty subarray) with the maximum sum among all subarrays.
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Find the sum of the subarray with the maximum sum among all subarrays in an array of integers.
• Iterate through the array and keep track of the maximum sum subarray seen so far.

• Use Kadane's algorithm to efficiently find the maximum subarray sum.

• Consider the case where all elements in the array are negative.

• Handle the case where the array contains only one element.
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Round duration - 90 Minutes
Round difficulty - Hard

It was a collection of HLD AND LLD
Was around 12pm
This was conducted on bluejeans

Q1. Design a URL shortener with a database and all necessary components.
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Design a URL shortener with database and necessary components
• Use a unique identifier for each URL to generate short links

• Store the original URL and corresponding short link in a database

• Implement a redirect mechanism to redirect short links to original URLs

• Consider implementing analytics to track usage and performance

• Ensure scalability and reliability of the system
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Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

It was a friendly managerial round with director of my team, he was very for me to come on board and explained truthfully how payu is.

Round duration - 30 Minutes
Round difficulty - Easy

Just a normal HR discussion, he informed me that I've been selected and we discussed about the salary part

Q1. Can you describe your experience working in a corporate environment?
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Q1. Just to know more about why i want the role
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Testing an payment flow on the application

Q1. DSA round containing 2 coding questions along with some Java Questions
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Q1. Design Round along with some puzzles
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Q1. Managerial Round
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