Software Engineer 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 online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at PayPal (Chennai) in Mar 2016
Interview
Face to Face Interview, Interviewer will be interested to test your knowledge in applying solutions, Data Structures, Time Complexity, Algorithms. prepare problems and their solutions in programming angle. Strong knowledge in DS fundamentals are required.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Balance Parenthesis [ They expect to apply DS in solving the same]
Reverse String on frequency
I applied through college or university. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at PayPal (Singapur) in Mar 2016
Interview
Only one round of interview. First they ask you to introduce yourself, and ask about some projects you have done. The interview consists of two parts, first one is back-end interview with two people, second one is front-end interview with one person.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design multi-threading algorithm
Design data base and write SQL code for a project
JAVA OOP related to abstract class and interface
sorting algorithms
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at PayPal (Seattle, WA) in Nov 2014
Interview
The hiring interview process was over the phone for a pre screen for the Software Engineer position.They asked several questions about data structures in Java. Along with OOP desgin questions as well.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Names some methods using the J2EE and Spring java framework?