Karat interview is LAME. I am a .NET developer, but I can hold my own in Java with a little practice. I mentioned this to everyone involved. I get to the Karat interview and I get close to an 8 minute explanation of the programming problem and I have 30 minutes to solve it. During those 30 minutes, you have to explain everything you are doing while you are typing. Talk and type 100% of the time. Sorry, I just cannot do that. When I would stop talking, I would get a threatening remark from the Karat person telling me he can "write me up" for acting suspicious if I don't tell him exactly what I'm doing. Just completely harassing and unnecessary. I asked a question about the web based IDE and if I can create a separate class file, but the guy didn't even know!!! Turns out, the guy didn't even know Java (he said this later)!!!
Since I am a .NET guy, I had to remind myself how Java handles a collection, so I even pasted in an exact code snippet into the environment and I got a syntax error in that IDE.
As to the question, it wasn't technically difficult but it did require several nested loops and flags to be set. Perhaps I could have done it better with more than 20 or so minutes, but while trying to figure out an IDE I've never used and having a guy constantly snapping at me to be talking, I just lost any interest in this position with about 2 minutes left in the interview. PayPal is supposedly a powerhouse in fintech, but they farm out interviews to people that don't even know the language they are judging competence.
Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We strive to provide an enjoyable and thoughtful interview experience where candidates feel they are getting the most out of the interview process. We apologize that you did not have this experience and would appreciate hearing more about your interview process and what we could do better. Please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com so we can connect. Thank you again for taking the time to leave a review and I look forward to hearing from you.
Top companies for "Compensation and Benefits" near you