PayPal·Data Scientist

PayPal Data Scientist interview experience

RemotePosted Aug 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with an online assessment that looked like a HackerRank-style screen.

I had to work through a mix of SQL and logical reasoning, and it tested both my ability to query cleanly and my basic reasoning under time pressure.

I actually got 7 out of 9 questions right, which felt like a solid pass since the questions weren’t just syntax—they required thinking through the logic and the data flow. After I cleared that initial assessment, the process moved into a first round that was a 60-minute technical interview focused on core data skills, especially SQL plus Python or R.

Overall it felt like a pretty direct, skills-forward path: prove you can handle query work and

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