PayPal·Software Engineer

PayPal Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

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United StatesPosted Apr 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My onsite process ended up being tough and time-consuming, with four rounds where coding and system design both mattered.

I spent a long stretch—around a few hours total across the sessions—and the questions felt pretty intense overall. There was HackerRank involved as part of the evaluation, and I also dealt with multiple LeetCode-style coding rounds.

The system design portion felt comparatively easier than the coding work, but the coding rounds were challenging and required a collaborative mindset with the interviewers. Even when things were hard, the people I spoke to stayed kind and worked with me rather than cutting me off.

I didn’t get an offer, and leaving the loop, I felt like the gap was mostly on the

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