Loading page
Stripe
Practice questions for the skills this job lists, plus common questions for any interview. These are for practice: we don’t know the employer’s actual questions.
How would you find and fix a slow query in Postgres (EXPLAIN ANALYZE)?
PostgreSQL
When would you embed documents versus reference them in MongoDB?
MongoDB
Design a simple, highly available web app on AWS. Which services and why?
AWS
What's the difference between an IAM role and an IAM user?
AWS
How would you deploy and scale a web API on Azure?
Azure
Compare Cloud Run, GKE and App Engine for a new service.
Google Cloud
Explain Pods, Deployments and Services, and how traffic reaches a Pod.
Kubernetes
How would you debug a Pod stuck in CrashLoopBackOff?
Kubernetes
What is Terraform state, and how do teams share it safely?
Terraform
A server is slow. Which commands do you run first, and what do you look for?
Linux
Walk me through a project you built: the design, a hard bug and what you'd change.
This kind of role
Reverse a linked list, then explain its time and space complexity.
This kind of role
How would you design a URL shortener?
This kind of role
What do you know about Stripe's products and customers?
Stripe
Tell me about yourself in two minutes, focused on this role.
About you
Why this company, and why this role?
About you
Tell me about a time you disagreed with a teammate. What happened?
About you
Describe a time you failed or missed a deadline, and what you changed afterwards.
About you