Software Engineer I 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 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 35% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA) in Nov 2015
Interview
I had a phone call with the recruiter followed by a phone call technical interview. Upon passing this, had a two hour skype technical interview with 2 separate interviewers. They asked basic coding questions about data structures and algorithms.
Finally had onsite interview that included meeting with teams and another technical interview.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at PayPal (Chennai) in Jul 2015
Interview
It had four rounds in total. The first round was multiple choice aptitude and computer science oriented questions. Second round was online coding round. Third and Fourth were face to face interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The question asked was:
a) Convert Roman number to Decimal system
b) Convert Decimal system number to Roman numeral
c) An algorithm to sort million Roman numerals
The look-up table for Roman numerals up to 1000 was provided (i.e., 1=I,
5=V, 10=X, 50=C, 100=L, and so on)
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at PayPal (Timonium, MD) in Aug 2012
Interview
The interview was Telephonic and then face to face. Group of managers interviwed. Asked technical questions mainly. Through walkrough of the resume.Overall, it was not bad. Did not ask behavioural questions.