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Software Engineer Java Interview

23 Oct 2014

Anonymous interview candidate

No offer

Negative experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied through university. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at PayPal

Interview

I talked to an ebay recruiter on a career fair, they accepted my resume. 3 days later I accepted an email from a software engineer manager, schedule a phone screen next week. The process takes a little more than 30 minutes.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Basic questions about data structure. Lots of unexpected questions about databases, which I did not prepare. Questions include: inheritance, reference, mutex, deadlocks.

1 Answer

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Java Developer Interview

16 Oct 2025

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at PayPal (Gurgaon, Haryana) in May 2025

Interview

It was fairly simple - easy level DSA followed by some design questions and then soon after i got the call - 2 rounds of technical interviews happened that covered the items i mentioned above.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

DSA - know your data structures

Answer question

PayPal response

7mo

Thank you for sharing your interview experience and welcome to the PayPal family!

Java Software Developer Interview

15 Nov 2024

Anonymous interview candidate

No offer

Negative experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (Dallas, TX) in Oct 2024

Interview

Initial coding and interview round on third party interviewer application where in they ask about your background, technical for initial 20 minutes. Then it would be a coding round where in there will be 2 coding questions to answer

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Importance of having a multi server

Answer question

PayPal response

Thank you 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.

Java Developer Interview

15 Apr 2019

Anonymous interview candidate

Declined offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA)

Interview

A phone call from the recruiter followed by the hiring manger. They called me on site and I had a discussion with Manager again and then an hour technical interview. Coding question on write a Java code if a tree is sum tree.

Interview questions [2]

Question 1

Mostly project based questions.

1 Answer

Question 2

java basics

1 Answer

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Software Engineer Java Interview

23 Oct 2014

Anonymous interview candidate

No offer

Negative experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied through university. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at PayPal

Interview

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Basic questions about data structure. Lots of unexpected questions about databases, which I did not prepare. Questions include: inheritance, reference, mutex, deadlocks.

1 Answer

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Java Developer Interview

16 Oct 2025

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Easy interview

Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at PayPal (Gurgaon, Haryana) in May 2025

Interview

It was fairly simple - easy level DSA followed by some design questions and then soon after i got the call - 2 rounds of technical interviews happened that covered the items i mentioned above.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

DSA - know your data structures

Answer question

PayPal response

7mo

Thank you for sharing your interview experience and welcome to the PayPal family!

Java Software Developer Interview

15 Nov 2024

Anonymous interview candidate

No offer

Negative experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (Dallas, TX) in Oct 2024

Interview

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Importance of having a multi server

Answer question

PayPal response

Java Developer Interview

15 Apr 2019

Anonymous interview candidate

Declined offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA)

Interview

Interview questions [2]

Question 1

Mostly project based questions.

1 Answer

Question 2

java basics

1 Answer

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