I applied through a recruiter. The process took 5 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (Nueva Delhi) in Mar 2021
Interview
- Got a call from recruiter
- Hackerrank test (cleared) - medium and hard level
- 1st round - DS/Algo - hard level
- 2nd round - In depth Java Internals and medium level DS/Algo
- 3rd round - HLD and questions about my previous projects
- 4th round - hiring manager - questions about my previous project - why paypal - why are you leaving previous organization - easy and medium level leetcode
Overall it's was really a great experience, every interviewer was friendly, helpful.
Ben is the former lead technologist in the Office of the CTO at Confluent where he has worked on a wide range of projects, from implementing the latest version of Apache Kafka’s replication protocol through to developing strategies for streaming applications. Before Confluent Ben led the design and build of a company-
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How am I today and what was the thing that helped most in life
Long process but very communicative throughout. Started with initial phone screen and then three more technical interviews. I found the interviews enjoyable and the questions to be well thought out. The recruiter and hiring managers were proactive in answering additional questions along the way and everything felt very transparent.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked about my technical background, previous projects I had worked on, how these experiences could be applied to the role I was applying for, standard questions