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PayPal Interview Questions, Process, and Tips for Experienced

Updated 14 Nov 2024

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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed before May 2023. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Sliding window Leetcode style
  • Q2. Minimum window substring DSA
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. High level design
  • Q2. Design google search
  • Ans. 

    Design a search engine similar to Google

    • Use web crawling to index websites

    • Implement a ranking algorithm like PageRank

    • Include features like autocomplete, spell check, and search suggestions

    • Utilize machine learning for personalized search results

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Behavioral 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Past projects discusssion
  • Q2. Scenario based questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Practice leetcode

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Q1. Find the highest floor, from where if an egg is dropped will not break. k floor building and n eggs are given.
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
More than 8 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 7 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. 1st round was design interview
Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Data Structure and Problem solving
  • Q2. Question on double queue
Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Data structure and problem solving
  • Q2. Question on matrix
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Design round to design coffee machine
  • Ans. 

    Design a coffee machine with various functionalities like brewing different types of coffee, adding milk, and adjusting temperature.

    • Include options for different types of coffee (espresso, latte, cappuccino)

    • Allow users to add milk or cream to their coffee

    • Provide options to adjust the temperature of the coffee

    • Include a water reservoir for brewing coffee

    • Add a display screen for user interaction

  • Answered by AI
Round 5 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Design round with product fit check
Round 6 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Design question and management questions
Round 7 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Behavioural question and compensation discussion

Skills evaluated in this interview

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Q1. What are decorators in Python and how define it. and what is a function object
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before May 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Scenario based on counter initialization
  • Q2. How will you track payment failure count and make it fail safe
  • Ans. 

    Track payment failure count and ensure fail safe measures

    • Implement a system to track payment failure count in real-time

    • Set up alerts for payment failures exceeding a certain threshold

    • Automate retries for failed payments with back-off strategies

    • Implement logging and monitoring to track payment failure trends

    • Integrate with payment gateway APIs to handle failures gracefully

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - Case Study 

Collecting requirements and designing

Round 3 - Product Management 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. What you know about Paypal products
  • Ans. 

    PayPal offers a range of products including payment processing, money transfers, and online shopping tools.

    • PayPal Checkout - allows customers to pay with PayPal, credit card, or debit card

    • PayPal Credit - offers financing options for purchases

    • Venmo - a mobile payment service owned by PayPal

    • PayPal Here - a mobile card reader for in-person payments

    • Xoom - a service for international money transfers

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary discussions

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Q1. How will you track payment failure count and make it fail safe
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Hackerrank questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Coding through screen sharing
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Discussion on previous projects
Round 4 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Behavioural analysis
Round 5 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Behavioural questions and discussions

Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Find Nth PrimeYou are given a number 'N'. Your task is to find Nth prime number. A prime number is a number greater than 1 that is not a product of two smaller natural numbers. Prime numbers have only two factors – 1 and the number itself. ... read more
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Credit Underwriting Analyst Interview Questions & Answers

user image Anonymous

posted on 3 Aug 2022

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Feb 2022. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Preety related to what the job role requires and some basics of financial management and ratio analysis like how well you can understand the company postion by looking at its financial statments topics.

Round 2 - Case Study 

Here you can see generale case study to access company position and how do a typical underwriter underwrites the report and mainly they will focus on your holistic approach rather than straight answers.

Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. We will be tested on all basics of finance, accounts like ratio, financial and credit analysis along with complete financial stetment analysis Indepth understand of your prior experience and related topics...
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This is Final round with your hiring managers and senior manager like panel round they see your stability and how intrested and engaging you are for the particular role along with skill set and also some r...

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for PayPal Credit Underwriting Analyst interview:
  • Financial Analysis
  • Ratio Analysis
  • Credit Analysis
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Stick to your basics, role related questions
Try to think from underwriters prospective and the business/role you are hired for and give your answers there are no right or wrong answers your approach and problem solving skills are seen.

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Data Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Senthilnathan

posted on 30 Mar 2024

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

SQL medium to complex coding round

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Technical SQL, architecture , design questions
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Managerial, technical round
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary expectation

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Piece of cake

Data Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Optimal Strategy for a Coin Game You are playing a coin game with your friend Ninjax. There are N coins placed in a straight line. Here are the rules of the game: 1. Each coin has a value associated with it. 2. The game involves two players... read more
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I was interviewed before Mar 2023.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

This was back in 2015 so the coding test was very easy: it involved swapping of some numbers

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. This was a design question on parking lot requiring conceptual understanding of the concept of semaphore.
Round 3 - HR 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. Why do you want to join PayPal?
  • Q3. Why should we hire you?

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for PayPal Software Engineer interview:
  • Java
  • Data Structures
  • Algorithms

Top PayPal Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Painting FencesYou are given ‘N’ fences. Your task is to find the total number of ways to paint fences using 2 colors only such that at most 2 adjacent fences are painted with the same color. As the answer can be too large, return the answe... read more
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Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person... read more
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I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Apr 2022. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Process experienced domain checking
Round 2 - Case Study 

Example cases

Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Analitical research

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for PayPal Process Specialist interview:
  • Aml kyc
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Should be understand which position applied
Answer only which question asked

Process Specialist Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What do you understand in KYC, KYC documents? In your previous organisation what did you learn? Can you tel something about what solution have you solve and what are the outcomes? Questions based on process improvement or implementation?
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
-
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Job Portal and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Case Study 

Nothing tough. Basic case studies and problem solving.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Probability based puzzles, Problem Solving, ML

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for PayPal Data Scientist interview:
  • Problem Solving
  • Machine Learning
  • Data Science
  • Guesstimates
  • Puzzles
  • Probability

Data Scientist Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Special Sum of ArrayYou have been given an array/list ‘arr’ of length ‘N’, which contains single digit elements at every index. Your task is to return the sum of all elements of the array. But the final sum should also be a single digit. To... read more
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Referral and was interviewed before Apr 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Question about the famous island problem

Top PayPal Software Engineer Interview Questions and Answers

Q1. Painting Fences Problem Statement You are given ‘N’ fences. Your task is to compute the total number of ways to paint these fences using only 2 colors, such that no more than 2 adjacent fences have the same color. Due to potentially large r... read more
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Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Bridge and torch problem : Four people come to a river in the night. There is a narrow bridge, but it can only hold two people at a time. They have one torch and, because it's night, the torch has to be used when crossing the bridge. Person... read more
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PayPal Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in PayPal interview for experienced candidates?
PayPal interview process for experienced candidates usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the PayPal interview process for experienced candidates are Technical, One-on-one Round and HR.
How to prepare for PayPal interview for experienced candidates?
Go through your CV in detail and study all the technologies mentioned in your CV. Prepare at least two technologies or languages in depth if you are appearing for a technical interview at PayPal. The most common topics and skills that interviewers at PayPal expect are Financial Services, SQL, Python, Analytics and Wellness.
What are the top questions asked in PayPal interview for experienced candidates?

Some of the top questions asked at the PayPal interview for experienced candidates -

  1. Five advantages of spring boot Which java version you currently use? Features o...read more
  2. What you do if the customer is not happy for genivan cau...read more
  3. How will you track payment failure count and make it fail s...read more
How long is the PayPal interview process?

The duration of PayPal interview process can vary, but typically it takes about less than 2 weeks to complete.

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