Stripe Writing Assessment (Take-Home Memo)

Format:

"Here is a data table showing [product/segment/market] performance over the last 12 months. In a 1-2 page written memo (no slides):

1. Analyze the data — what patterns do you see?
2. Identify the biggest opportunity and the biggest risk
3. Recommend 3 specific actions the executive team should take
4. What additional data would you want before making a final recommendation?

Time: 1-2 hours recommended"

Time: 1-2 hours (take-home)

What to look for:

• Data interpretation (can they read a table and draw non-obvious insights?)
• Writing quality (structure, clarity, concision)
• Recommendation specificity (actionable vs. vague)
• Intellectual humility (the "what data would you need" question tests this)

Why Stripe loves this: They're a writing-first culture (like Amazon's memo culture). If you can't write a clear 2-pager, you can't communicate with executives. This is their most predictive interview signal.