PayPal·Software Engineer

PayPal Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

Tel Aviv-YafoPosted Mar 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I had three separate technical interviews, and the range of topics stood out.

One question asked about finding the number of islands in a two-dimensional grid, and another round leaned into OOD-style thinking. The third technical interview was again handled by interviewers who came across as very nice and genuinely professional.

Even though the conversations themselves felt respectful, the part that dragged was the wait afterward. I ended up waiting about a month to hear back, and that long silence made the process feel unfinished even though I felt like the discussions went decently.

In the end, I didn’t get an offer. My reflection was that while the interview

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