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Written by Graham Carlson, Senior Technical Contributor, with the help of engineering manager interviewers at Stripe. ## Guide sections - [Expert guide](https://www.aced.io/guides/stripe-engineering-manager-interview) - [Interview experiences (2)](https://www.aced.io/guides/stripe-engineering-manager-interview/experiences) - [Questions (38)](https://www.aced.io/guides/stripe-engineering-manager-interview/questions) - [Resumes](https://www.aced.io/guides/stripe-engineering-manager-interview/resumes) ## TL;DR Stripe is a financial services and technology company whose mission is “to grow the GDP of the internet.” Stripe improves online transactions, handles payments and security, and creates financial infrastructure. Its best-known products are payment-processing services that merchants can integrate into websites, apps, or purchasing flows. Stripe also offers point-of-sale systems for brick-and-mortar businesses and financial products such as loans and credit cards. Stripe was founded in 2010 and has grown organically and through acquisitions to approximately 8,500 employees, based mainly in the Bay Area and at its co-headquarters in Dublin, Ireland. Since its founding, Stripe has processed approximately $1.5 trillion in value, representing 17% of all online transactions. The guide says Stripe favors meticulous people focused on offering users the best experience. Its culture moves quickly, emphasizes high quality, collaboration, and customer focus, and favors people who seek and act on direct customer input. Cross-team collaboration and proactively seeking feedback are useful qualities for candidates. ## What does a Stripe Engineering Manager do? Stripe has external products and services, including its point-of-sale system and payment-service APIs, as well as internal systems for security, data processing, and related work. Teams build, maintain, and improve these products. Team sizes vary, but an engineering team generally has approximately eight engineers supervised by an engineering manager. Examples of teams an engineering manager might lead include: - Security Cloud Infrastructure - Payment Intelligence/ML - Data Services - Issuing - Cash Platform - Data Services ## Access and preparation The complete guide is available to members. Membership includes the complete guide, prep courses, practice tools, job referrals, and other resources intended to help candidates land an offer. - [Become a member](https://www.aced.io/upgrade?src=guide) - [Already a member? Log in](https://www.aced.io/login?src=guide&returnPath=%2Fguides%2Fstripe-engineering-manager-interview) We recommend the [Aced Engineering Manager Interview Course](https://www.aced.io/courses/engineering-management), which includes a breakdown of popular engineering-manager interview questions, interview rubrics, and answer frameworks. ## Resumes that passed Stripe's screen We provide 57 resumes shared by candidates who got the interview, including the schools, companies, and skills they list. The resume previews and figures below are candidate-submitted examples, not Aced or Stripe performance results. - **Intern — Software Engineer:** Lyft, Stripe, and DRW. Candidate: `phamjulia9`; 0 likes and 6 views. Preview image - **Intern — Software Engineer, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign:** Amazon, Clay, Stripe, Expedia Group, and ZipRecruiter. Candidate: `asyboi`; 0 likes and 25 views. [Preview image](https://www.aced.io/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fq1hlr76qehnlfpdb.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fresumes%2F426a2b27-a081-4eef-ae36-537f1a9f03f4%2Fr.png&w=640&q=75) - **Full-Time — Product Manager, University of California, San Diego:** Meta, Google, Apple, Uber, Airbnb, and five additional companies shown in the preview. Candidate: `annie424ko`; 0 likes and 27 views. [Preview image](https://www.aced.io/_next/image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fq1hlr76qehnlfpdb.public.blob.vercel-storage.com%2Fresumes%2Fe0984c8d-680c-4391-9021-708432f49ce2%2Fr.png&w=640&q=75) [See all 57 resumes](https://www.aced.io/guides/stripe-engineering-manager-interview/resumes) ## More Engineering Manager content We offer mock interviews, fundamentals, and insider interview tips for engineering-manager interviews. 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