PayPal·Software Engineer

PayPal Software Engineer interview experience

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San Jose, CAPosted Oct 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After the recruiter got my availability, I went through a fairly classic SWE loop: a couple of phone screens, then additional rounds that ended with a manager conversation.

The whole thing stretched roughly a couple of weeks depending on scheduling, and it felt smooth once it started. Across the technical parts, the questions skewed toward problem solving and data structures, and I remember doing LeetCode-style work early on—easy to medium problems—then later getting more Java-focused fundamentals along with behavioral discussion.

What stood out was how clearly the interviewers seemed to understand what they wanted. Even when I was a bit nervous about language specifics, the process still moved forward logically: one technical round focused on coding, another

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