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Updated 15 Jan 2025

PayPal Senior Software Engineer Interview Experiences

8 interviews found

Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
No response

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Nov 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Data structures and algo. 2 ques were asked in hackerrank

Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions related to System design
Round 3 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic question related to Spring and Java
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I appeared for an interview in Oct 2024.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Design Rate Limiter LLD
  • Q2. What are SOLID Principles? Springboot questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for PayPal Senior Software Engineer interview:
  • LLD

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Javascript Internals

Round 2 - Coding Test 

React Fundamentals, Machine coding

Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Why do u want to work with us, Behavioral questions
Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Assignment 

Questions on alogirithm analysis

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 (3)

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 (1)

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed in Mar 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Two sum related problem and advanced Priority Queue related questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. LLD and class diagram for Minesweeper game
  • Ans. 

    LLD and class diagram for Minesweeper game

    • Create classes for Board, Cell, Game, Player

    • Use composition to represent relationships between classes

    • Implement methods for revealing cells, flagging cells, checking for game over

    • Consider using enums for cell states (covered, uncovered, flagged)

    • Use UML notation to draw class diagram

  • Answered by AI
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

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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed before Mar 2023. There were 5 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Hacker rank test - 2 medium questions

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Create and implement product management system with APIs and test case
  • Ans. 

    Design and implement a product management system with APIs and test cases

    • Create a database schema to store product information

    • Develop RESTful APIs for CRUD operations on products

    • Implement authentication and authorization for API access

    • Write unit tests and integration tests for APIs

    • Use tools like Postman for API testing

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Low level design - parking lot
Round 4 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. High level design - streaming platform
Round 5 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Basic questions on past experiences, projects and scenario based questions on how will you handle this and that

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - easy interview

Skills evaluated in this interview

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Hashing based questions using maps

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - They will share a doc will all the topics to prepare for each round

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Interview Preparation Tips

Round: Technical Interview
Tips: Have a good grasp of DS algo, java, etc.(Here CGPA doesn't matter)

General Tips: Do’s and Don’ts :
1. Be confident and to be confident prepare well.
2. Set the priority of your companies 
3. Don't start preparation at end. Don't ignore the content of resume.

Be confident and start preparation as soon as possible.
College Name: IIT Kanpur
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Why use FastAPI

PayPal Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in PayPal Senior Software Engineer interview?
PayPal interview process usually has 2-3 rounds. The most common rounds in the PayPal interview process are Technical, Coding Test and One-on-one Round.
How to prepare for PayPal Senior Software Engineer interview?
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, Backend, SQL, Coding and Unix.
What are the top questions asked in PayPal Senior Software Engineer interview?

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PayPal Senior Software Engineer Interview Process

based on 8 interviews

2 Interview rounds

  • Coding Test Round
  • Technical Round
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PayPal Senior Software Engineer Salary
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₹15 L/yr - ₹55.5 L/yr
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3.8/5

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3.3

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3.9

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3.6

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2.7

Job security

3.6

Company culture

3.1

Promotions

3.5

Work satisfaction

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