PayPal Software Engineer interview experience

The interviews didn’t feel overly brutal, and the questions I got were straightforward compared to some processes I’d heard about.

Across the rounds, I kept getting pulled into data structures and some system design discussion. There wasn’t a sense that I had to do anything extremely intricate; it felt more like they were checking that I understood the basics well enough to reason through them. The whole loop stayed comfortable, and I left each meeting feeling like I’d answered in a clear, grounded way.

At the end, I ended up with an offer. Looking back, the part that stood out was how