Stripe interview notes, page 28 of 35

“This one stung a little because I had a real story but I fumbled the delivery.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Stripe, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Felt fine at first since I'd seen a version of this before.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Stripe, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I jumped straight to a hashmap keyed on (userId, accountId) and felt pretty good about it.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Stripe, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was to just iterate and accumulate, but I wasted a couple minutes trying to figure out whether to group by merchant first or provider first.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Stripe, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The two-heap setup clicked for me pretty quickly but I fumbled the ordering on the busy heap at first.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Stripe, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I'd used JGit before but only barely, so the diff part took me longer than I wanted to admit.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Stripe, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Spent the first few minutes overthinking it.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Stripe, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I knew the Haversine formula existed but definitely could not have recited it cold.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Stripe, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was to reach for a hashmap keyed on the pair and just keep a running total, which obviously doesn't account for the sliding part at all.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Stripe, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The first part clicked pretty fast, just iterate and check length.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Stripe, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.