Reddit Experience · Apr 2026

Stripe OA (Backend)

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Interview Experience

Just completed my Stripe hackerrank.. and.. damn. The question wasn’t even hard, and I had my code near-perfect. I eventually ran out of time fumbling around with stdin and stdout, and some very minor

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Just completed my Stripe hackerrank.. and.. damn. The question wasn’t even hard, and I had my code near-perfect. I eventually ran out of time fumbling around with stdin and stdout, and some very minor bugs (not even to do with the core logic). What’s the likelihood of me getting through? :(

About This Question

This is a candidate experience report from a stripe interview for a backend role during the oa round reported in 2026.

It covers the following topics: General Experience .

Difficulty rating: Hard