PayPal Software Development Engineer (SDE) interview questions
Updated Apr 29, 2026
based on 15 ratings
Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
100%
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Software Development Engineer (SDE) applicants have rated the interview process at PayPal with 2.7 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 51% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at PayPal as a Software Development Engineer (SDE) according to 3 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: Â 50%
Skills test: Â 50%
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Two interviews on the same day
Both had medium Leetcode questions and a behavioral part. There was a short 1 minute introduction as well
Interviewer was very helpful and guided through the process
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Totally 5 rounds
Easy to Medium DSA, DB questions and system design rounds.
Concepts like Trees, graphs and recursion, DP are asked.
Low level design and how you fit in their team.