PayPal·Software Engineer

PayPal Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Easy

Negative

United StatesPosted Apr 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My loop involved one Karat round and four virtual onsite rounds, and the way it was described versus what actually happened threw me off.

The onsite was supposed to cover one behavioral, one DSA, one system design, and one role specialization—but when I joined, the mix shifted: there ended up being two system design rounds, one mixed role specialization/DSA, and one behavioral.

The most frustrating moment was a round that unexpectedly switched from a React app context into a DSA problem, which made the flow feel disorganized. Some interviewers seemed unprepared and didn’t provide much feedback during the sessions.

Even though I completed the tasks confidently, I got rejected about a week later without feedback and I heard

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