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      Software Engineer Interview

      Mar 17, 2022
      Anonymous employee
      Detroit, MI
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (Detroit, MI) in Mar 2022

      Interview

      First contact with a recruiter after applying for one of their roles on LinkedIn. She was incredibly helpful and transparent about the whole process, and did the most she could to help me prep. First phone screen was with a hiring manager where we had a pretty in-depth conversation about the role, the team I'd be on, and my past relevant experience. He was very laid back and this portion felt a lot like a conversation between 2 engineers, rather than an interrogation like a lot of big-tech interviews. Next phase, a virtual onsite, which is essentially 4 one-hour long interviews with 4 different engineers. The first two interviews were coding interviews (leetcode medium), a system design question, and a behavioral/relevant experience round. Offer was made the next week. I will say, I'm normally very nervous during coding interviews. I mean, I can code, but doing it in front of someone who determines your career prospects in a given time limit is gut-wrenching. The PayPal engineers I coded with were incredibly accommodating and made me feel very comfortable for the whole thing by collaborating with me to solve the problem rather than sitting there in disappointed silence. The behavioral round was a two-way conversation gave me a solid idea of what working at PayPal is like. By far the smoothest big-tech panel interview that I've experienced. TIPS: -Don't worry to much about getting the optimal solution in code, but be sure to communicate what you think a more efficient solution may be. -Doing well in all portions is more important than being Turing during the coding rounds and bombing system design and behavioral. -If there's a breathe of silence, you're doing it wrong. Communicate your thought process; if you're thinking, then you should be talking. -Definitely research the tech stack and read the job description, prepare to go into detail about how your past experience is relevant ( even if its not ;) ) -FYI: I practiced the problems other interviewee's posted here, and every coding problem I got was here on this page.

      Interview questions [3]

      Question 1

      Coding: 3sum, search a rotated array, LRU cache.
      1 Answer

      Question 2

      System Design: Design a tinyURL system
      1 Answer

      Question 3

      Behavioral questions: -How can you ensure your code meets the coding standards of your company. -Are you familiar with build systems? (Jenkins)
      1 Answer
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      PayPal response
      4y
      Thank you for sharing your interview experience and welcome to the PayPal family!

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      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!

      Software Engineer Interview

      Mar 16, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      San Jose, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
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      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.
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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

      Mar 6, 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
      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!