An initial email to schedule an interview, which got pushed back because she forgot she had an internal meeting (warning sign!) and then finally had the meeting. The female interviewer had lots of scripted questions about my background and about why I wanted to work at Stripe. I answered everything perfectly (I knew all of the questions before hand from another Stripe applicant that got the same position and made it all the way through) and was told I would have a decision by midday of the following day, but got an email at 8am the next morning (the decision was obviously made the night of the interview) that they "decided not to move forward with me" in regards to the position. Either I was overqualified, which doesn't fit since they had my resume before they called me, or I lost the job because when asked if I had any questions I asked "What kind of growth or opportunities are available to employees in regards to moving to other areas of the company?", to which she replied "Well we don't like people using Account Support positions as a stepping stone to other roles...." so that's nice that I'm not allowed to ask questions without losing the job because I "might" go to another area of the same company, It's not like they trained me and I left for another company. In the end I didn't even make it to the "technical writing question" part of the interview to test my skills. I was round-filed because of my possibly desire to work elsewhere in the company "if" I was hired. My advice is when they ask if you have any questions, don't say anything or it could hurt your chances.

Applied online, and a recruiter reached out via email. The first step was a half hour phone screen with the recruiter, it was mostly her telling me what the job was. She spoke fast and didn't seem too interested, I wouldn't be surprised if she was reading off a script of what needed to be said. I was sent a writing exercise which I completed and sent back. The same recruiter reached out to me and scheduled a phone interview with a member of the Account Support team. The phone interview with the Account Support member went okay, though I am a little confused at why I wasn't speaking with a hiring manager. After getting the rejection the day after this phone interview, I requested feedback on where I could improve. I received a response from the recruiter (and not the Account Support member I spoke with) that she could not share any specifics with me in terms of constructive feedback. The process felt like a waste of my time.