I applied through college or university. I interviewed at PayPal (Austin, TX)
Interview
Interviewed on campus. The interviewer went over a basic resume review, followed by some behavior questions and whiteboard coding. The interviewer was nice, and gave several hints through the problem. Thought the entire interview went very well, but was disappointed to never hear back.
Recruiter contacted me to schedule and it was a pretty standard interviewing procedure. I was sleep deprived and did not do that well. The interviewer seemed a little bit bored.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked pretty generic questions on design for counting the number of words in a document, the most recent project that I worked on, unix
I applied online. I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA) in Apr 2014
Interview
The interview process just took a week. Had two phone interviews on the same day. However one phone interview was cancelled due to interviewers unavailability. But the recruiting staff made sure to keep me in the loop regarding next interview round and the feedback. The interview process was smooth and it was pretty much about my previous internship and projects on my resume! After the interview, received an offer on the same day!