Skip to contentSkip to footer
  • Community
  • Jobs
  • Companies
  • Salaries
  • For Employers
      Notifications

      Loading...

      Elevate your career

      Discover your earning potential, land dream jobs, and share work-life insights anonymously.

      employer cover photo
      employer logo
      employer logo

      PayPal

      Engaged Employer

      About
      Reviews
      Pay & benefits
      Jobs
      Interviews
      Interviews
      Related searches: PayPal reviews | PayPal jobs | PayPal salaries | PayPal benefits | PayPal conversations
      PayPal interviewsPayPal QA Lead interviewsPayPal interview


      Glassdoor

      • About / Press
      • Awards
      • Blog
      • Research
      • Contact Us
      • Guides

      Employers

      • Free Employer Account
      • Employer Center
      • Employers Blog

      Information

      • Help
      • Guidelines
      • Terms of Use
      • Privacy & Ad Choices
      • Do Not Sell Or Share My Information
      • Cookie Consent Tool
      • Security

      Work With Us

      • Advertisers
      • Careers
      Download the App

      • Browse by:
      • Companies
      • Jobs
      • Locations
      • Communities
      • Recent Posts

      Copyright © 2008-2026. Glassdoor LLC. "Glassdoor," "Worklife Pro," "Bowls," and logo are proprietary trademarks of Glassdoor LLC.

      Company Bowl sample

      Want the inside scoop on your own company?

      Check out your Company Bowl for anonymous work chats.

      Bowls

      Get actionable career advice tailored to you by joining more bowls.

      Followed companies

      Stay ahead in opportunities and insider tips by following your dream companies.

      Job searches

      Get personalized job recommendations and updates by starting your searches.

      QA Lead Interview

      Dec 19, 2011
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Austin, TX
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at PayPal (Austin, TX) in Oct 2011

      Interview

      I was initially contacted by a recruiter from eBay/PayPal about a position in the Austin, TX office. He asked a series of standard questions, nothing out of the ordinary. Following that call I was scheduled for a phone interview with one of the Leads on the QA team at PayPal. I would have expected this call to be with a hiring manager, but nonetheless the call went well. The next day I was contacted by the recruiter to schedule an in-person interview. The in-person interview lasted a couple of hours. I first met with the hiring manager, who was a very nice man and who I was able to converse with quite easily. I felt we shared a similar vision for the position. So far so good. The next person I interviewed with was the Manager of Development, who appeared to want to be anywhere but there. I don't think I've ever met anyone who was more boring and/or bored. He was completely disinterested in hearing what I had to say and kept looking at the clock. After that I met with a few of the Leads on the QA team. For the first half of this session things were going great. I fielded all of the questions like a pro, until they started asking a hundred questions out of left field that had nothing to do with the job description at all. They clearly knew what was on my resume and clearly knew what was marketed on the job posting, so deliberately asking me technical questions that were not within my skill set was a bit unprofessional. They also came off pretentious and arrogant. Even if I did get an offer to work there, I don't think I would have accepted it purely based on the people I would have to end up working with. My advice to them would be to stick with the job description. If you want to hire someone with those skill sets, then put that information in the job description so you don't waste anyone's time.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Can you write for us a Java applet for testing data comparisons between two databases? (even though I made it clear to them up front that I was not a developer by any means, they proceeded to push these types of questions)
      Answer question
      2