[pliao39]

I'm impressed that Stripe has been able to maintain it's culture over the years, as it grows in headcount and size. I recall reading this blog from 2012 (although I read it in 2014): https://blog.alexmaccaw.com/stripes-culture

And the consistency between then and now is fairly impressive. Ambition and Optimism seem like codified values that have emerged over time. But the one thread that is consistent is their thoughtfulness on hiring.

It should be no surprise to anyone here though, given that their interviewing doesn't consist of the standard 4-5 leetcode questions, but rather much more thoughtful rounds like a bug squash, architecture, and lots of hands on coding - algorithm rounds exist, but kept to a minimum.

Not to say that this is good and should be the new standard - just that it is extremely thoughtful and was going against the grain. Wish more companies would think about their hiring practices from first principles and didn't just copy Google

[tempsy]

Unless you actually work there, how are you so confident that Stripe's actual culture has been "maintained" outside of reading company sanctioned blog posts/think pieces...? Or that the actual culture has ever even closely mirrored the one that has been outwardly portrayed?

Glassdoor is not perfect, but I think I get more insight into the reality on the ground looking through recent reviews than a blog post, and at least from what I can see recent reviews over the last few months are extremely mixed.