PayPal Software Engineer interview experience

I ended up needing to clear everything in that flow to proceed.

The technomanagerial round leaned heavily on my project experience—what I built, why I made the choices I did, and how I discussed ownership. Then there was a bar-raiser style round that focused on people management, so it wasn’t only about my technical work; it also probed how I’d handle collaboration and leadership behaviors.

I got an offer. What stayed with me was how the later rounds broadened the scope: once the coding and design gates were passed, the evaluation became about how I’d operate with other people, which felt