# Stripe Software Engineer Interview Experience Aced (formerly Exponent) publishes a public search API over its indexed pages; the guide is at https://www.aced.io/agents/agent-access. Source: https://www.aced.io/experiences/stripe-software-engineer-interview-ec66c5 Source observed: 2026-11-04T22:43:19.387Z Last checked: 2026-11-04T22:43:19.387+00:00 Indexed: 2026-11-05T21:30:55.647+00:00 --- # Stripe Software Engineer Interview Experience We publish interview preparation resources through Aced, formerly Exponent. This entry is a candidate-submitted experience from Stripe for a mid-level / L4 Software Engineer role in Ireland with a hybrid work arrangement. It was submitted 6 months ago and was updated 24 days ago by Stripe candidates. ## Interview overview - **Result:** In Progress - **Interview date:** 8 months ago - **Timespan:** 1 week - **Difficulty:** Moderate - **Location:** Ireland - **Work arrangement:** Hybrid ## Interview process The candidate could choose between HackerRank and a local IDE for execution. The question was split into several parts, and completing each part was required before proceeding to the next. There were three parts to solve within 45 minutes. The process included one **phone interview**. ## Interview round There was **1 question across 1 round**: ### Phone interview - **Question type:** [Coding](https://www.aced.io/questions?type=coding) - **Specific question:** Invoice Reconciliation #### Invoice Reconciliation Stripe’s Invoicing product allows businesses to create and send invoices to customers. Some standalone payments must be reconciled with open invoices based on the payment’s memo line. Write a program that matches an incoming payment to its corresponding invoice. **Inputs:** - A payment string - A list of invoice strings The payment string is comma-separated and contains: 1. The payment ID, such as `payment123` 2. The payment amount in USD minor units, where `$1.00 = 100` 3. The memo line, which always follows the format `Paying off: {INVOICE_ID}` Each invoice string is comma-separated and contains: 1. The invoice ID 2. The invoice due date, such as `2024-01-01` 3. The amount due in USD minor units The program must: 1. Parse the payment and invoice strings. 2. Find the invoice named in the memo line. 3. Output a formatted reconciliation string. **Sample input:** ```text payment = "payment5,1000,Paying off: invoiceC" invoices = [ "invoiceA,2024-01-01,100", "invoiceB,2024-02-01,200", "invoiceC,2023-01-30,1000" ] ``` **Expected output:** ```text payment5 pays off 1000 for invoiceC due on 2023-01-30 ``` The sample values above are interview-question example data. ## Interview tips Practice out loud with a timer, keep a framework ready for every round, and ask the recruiter what each interviewer focuses on so you can tailor your examples. ## Company culture In this candidate’s account, interviewers were collaborative and nudged the candidate toward the intended solution. The team appeared to value structured thinking over polish, and interviewers left time for questions at the end. ## Access to additional experiences We provide a free preview of this experience. 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There was a lot of reading involved, but the solutions themselves were mostly brute force and straightforward.” [Read the full interview](https://www.aced.io/experiences/stripe-software-engineer-interview-7b110b?returnPath=%2Fguides%2Fstripe-software-engineer-interview%2Fexperiences) - **Software Engineer, Stripe — Oct 2026** — **3 rounds; 2 questions.** “Online assessment was not difficult but super lengthy. The question was closer to the actual problems stripe works on.” [Read the full interview](https://www.aced.io/experiences/stripe-software-engineer-interview-14e132?returnPath=%2Fguides%2Fstripe-software-engineer-interview%2Fexperiences) - **Software Engineer, Stripe — Oct 2026** — **1 round.** “I have completed the Online Assessment as of now and I am waiting for my results. The most important thing is to practice reading comprehension and extracting the necessary rules/constraints and using them properly within time constraints. 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