I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at PayPal in Feb 2019
Interview
I had a recruiter reach out to me about a position on LinkedIn. I replied and we got a call setup. That went well and she got back to me a few days later to say the hiring manager wanted to talk to me. I asked for a specific job description for the position and I never got one.
The email confirmation said to be prepared for a collaborative coding session, which I thought was a little strange. The day of the call I waited for 20 minutes and the hiring manager was a no show. I sent an email to the coordinators asking to reschedule.
Hiring manager called late for the 2nd scheduled time. The connection wasn't great and he was hard to hear at some points. At the end he mentioned that it would take them about 1 week to let me know whether I would be moving forward. I sent 2 emails following up over the next 6 weeks and never heard anything.
The combination of the no show with minimal apologies and the lack of any sort of follow up after the phone screen made it a poor experience in my opinion.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Standard product manager questions. Talking about my favorite product and how I would improve it. Asked some questions about my previous projects.
Had an initial phone screening with a recruiter, then completed two back-to-back Zoom interviews on the same day — one with a senior engineer and another with a technical product manager.
PayPal response
1mo
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!
I had 2 rounds interviews, one with the direct manager, the other one with skip manager. Both were very nice and friendly. The questions were very standardized product management questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you will launch a feature in Europe, what would you do?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2026
Interview
The interview process started with me sending 2 documents of products launch and projects that I’ve worked before with no context, after that the schedule a meeting with the hiring manager who was not paying attention during the interview. So it seemed odd
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PayPal response
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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!