Stripe PhD ML Internship Practical Coding Process and Offer

Role: PhD Machine Learning Intern
Result: Offer
Timeline: OA on April 14, screen on April 23, onsite coding and ML integration on May 1, manager interview on May 2, and offer on May 5, 2025.

The technical work was practical and implementation-heavy. Coding tasks usually had four progressive parts and used strings, arrays, maps, and integers.

The onsite also included an ML integration round. The exact OA, coding, and ML prompts were not shared.

The candidate prioritized working code, readability, and tests over a clever optimization.