PayPal·Data Scientist

PayPal Data Scientist interview experience

No offer

Medium

Positive

Los Angeles, CAPosted Jan 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a short recruiter call and then moved into a single technical interview that was pretty neatly split between problem-solving and ML concepts.

The recruiter was friendly, and the first real round lasted an hour, with about half the time dedicated to a leetcode-style question and the other half focused on machine learning fundamentals.

In my later interview format, there was also an introductory recruiter conversation followed by a virtual technical interview that combined behavioral and technical components. I was asked about motivation for applying, plus my previous internship experience, and I worked through a leetcode-style coding question as part of the technical portion.

Across these rounds, the difficulty felt average

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