PayPal Software Engineer III interview questions
Updated Feb 10, 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Mostly positive
How others got an interview
- 19%RecruiterRecruiter
- 14%Employee ReferralEmployee Referral
- 10%OtherOther
- 10%In PersonIn Person
- 10%Staffing AgencyStaffing Agency
- 5%Campus RecruitingCampus Recruiting
Interview search
25 interviews
PayPal interviews FAQs
- Software Engineer III applicants have rated the interview process at PayPal with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 81% positive. To compare, the company-average is 50.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Software Engineer III roles take an average of 19 days to get hired, when considering 19 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at PayPal overall takes an average of 25 days.
- Common stages of the interview process at PayPal as a Software Engineer III according to 19 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Phone interview: 29%
Group panel interview: 12%
Skills test: 12%
Background check: 10%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Personality test: 2%
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