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      Software Engineer Interview

      3 Feb 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Bengaluru
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (Bengaluru) in Dec 2020

      Interview

      A recruiter from Paypal reached out to me in November 2020 about a position with their Enterprise platforms team within the Paypal Technology Platforms and Experience group. They sent me a coding challenge once I expressed interest. They came back for an interview in December. There were two rounds of technical interview. This was followed by an interview with a manager in mid-December. Didn't hear back for a couple of days. They asked for another manager interview. After that I didn't hear back from them for 2 weeks despite following up twice. I called up the recruiter who finally rejected me in January.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1. The first technical round had an object oriented design question (along the lines of designing classes for an apartment system) followed by a question for printing numbers in a triangular pattern. 2. The second round was interesting. The interviewer started with a trick math question. He followed up with a dynamic programming question. Didn't stop there. He asked around 9-10 questions in total covering topics like trees, graphs etc. Most of them didn't involve coding and the interviewer was satisfied with an explanation and pseudocode. All the questions were simple except for the math trick questions. 3. The two manager rounds had situational questions, discussions of general design approaches.
      1 Answer
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      PayPal response
      5y
      Thanks for your feedback, we're sorry to hear about your experience. We constantly aim to create the best possible candidate experience, but admittedly things can always be improved. Your feedback is valuable and will help us understand how we can evolve our interview process.

      Other Software Engineer interview reviews for PayPal

      Software Engineer Interview

      7 Apr 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at PayPal

      Interview

      I had a recruiter call and they said they would send me a link to a Karat interview round in a week but I never received it. I mailed the recruiter multiple times but got no response or communication about it
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      PayPal response
      2mo
      Thank you for sharing your interview experience with us. Your feedback is valuable and will help us understand how we can evolve our interview process. We hope you can find another role on our website that fits your interest and join our team!

      Software Engineer Interview

      16 Mar 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Jose, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA)

      Interview

      Recruiter call was basic scan of resume understanding tech stack what i work on and my interests. Prepare your resume and be ready to state why you want to work for the company.
      avatar
      PayPal response
      3mo
      Thank you for sharing your interview experience with us. Your feedback is valuable and will help us understand how we can evolve our interview process. We hope you can find another role on our website that fits your interest and join our team!

      Software Engineer Interview

      6 Mar 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Jose, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA)

      Interview

      I interviewed 2 round, one front end, one hire manager, but didn’t move forward. The hr is helpful, the hire manager round asked about system design questions, which I feel may cause the rejection.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Normal front end interview questions, implement a fetching api small task
      Answer question
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      PayPal response
      4mo
      Thank you for sharing your interview experience with us. Your feedback is valuable and will help us understand how we can evolve our interview process. We hope you can find another role on our website that fits your interest and join our team!