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based on 14 ratings - Updated Dec 22, 2025

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SWE Intern Interview

Apr 2, 2021

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Negative experience

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Application

I applied online. I interviewed at PayPal (Timonium, MD) in Mar 2020

Interview

It was an interview for Front end Software engineering intern in Maryland. I had a coding interview on the phone and one of interviewers was so disrespectful. I was asked to do debug on buggy codes without enough explanation.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Find a bug and get a app working

1 Answer

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Thank you for your feedback, we're sorry to hear about your experience. We constantly aim to create the best possible candidate experience, but admittedly things can always be improved. Your feedback is valuable and will help us understand how we can evolve our interview process.

SWE Intern Interview

Jan 14, 2021

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I interviewed at PayPal

Interview

Applied through their company website. The recruiter helped me set up a technical phone screen with the engineering manager. After that, the eng manager sent out a coding challenge with a timeframe of 1 week to reply. They take about a week to get back after that.

Interview questions [2]

Question 1

Tell me about a project you worked on?

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Question 2

What is a challenge you encountered?

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SWE Intern Interview

Oct 9, 2020

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (Seattle, WA) in Feb 2020

Interview

There were 2 interviews. One with a front-end engineer and the other is a backend. The front-end one was asking about React and basic JavaScript Bootstrap, whereas the back-end asked be to implement api (conceptually) and database.

Interview questions [2]

Question 1

How does bootstrap grid system work?

1 Answer

Question 2

Implement a relational database for ____?

1 Answer

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