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Updated 26 Mar 2025

Top PayPal Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. Common puzzle- There are three boxes,one box of blue balls, one green and one  mixed ,all  ...read more
  • Q2. A recursive program to print numbers in ascending order
  • Q3. There are 10 weights of which two weigh less than the others. Using a balance how will&nbs ...read more
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PayPal Interview Experiences

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211 interviews found

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

I applied via Referral and was interviewed in Jan 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Payments processing
  • Q2. Disputes and claims

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Q1. How can you tackle your customer in real time scenario?
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - HR 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. What makes you right fit for company
  • Ans. 

    My extensive experience in data analysis, strong analytical skills, and ability to communicate complex findings make me the right fit for the company.

    • 10+ years of experience in data analysis

    • Proven track record of delivering actionable insights

    • Strong analytical skills and attention to detail

    • Excellent communication skills to present findings to stakeholders

    • Ability to work effectively in a team environment

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  • Q2. Strength and weakness
Round 2 - Coding Test 

SQL
Window functions lead and lead for retention

Senior Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Explain 3 statement financial model Calculating discount rate Could you walk me through the DCF model? Other valuation methods. What PE is ideal? What is the other matrix to value the company? Difference between IRR and CAGR. What is Bond Y... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Mar 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Leetcode Easy/Medium questions (2-3 depending on how fast you can solve each of them)
  • Q2. Leetcode medium (2 questions)
  • Q3. Discussion on recent projects followed by HLD/LLD on specific usecase.
  • Q4. Discussion with product manager on scenario based questions to check how we interact with product owners, asking relevant questions or clarifications etc.
  • Q5. Director round -- discussions around past projects, cultural/team fitment questions

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Focus on sharpening basic/fundamental concepts and then move to advanced concepts. Don't just rely on questions posted in public platforms. Think beyond and think from interviewer's perspective always when you practice on questions.

Member Technical Staff 1 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Valid parenthesis (all approaches ) time and space complexity and past projects.
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. How did you overcome a difficult situation

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 SDE-2

 (4)

DSL Engineer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Disha Saraswat

posted on 27 May 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Coding Test 

Sak d question realted to pyrhon and sql

Round 2 - Assignment 

They provided one hone assignment

Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. I have signed NOC

DSL Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What is Formula 1 (F1) in the world?
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Get interview-ready with Top PayPal Interview Questions

Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Describe your past exp

Data Scientist Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. for a data with 1000 samples and 700 dimensions, how would you find a line that best fits the data, to be able to extrapolate? this is not a supervised ML problem, there's no target. and how would you do it, if you want to treat this as a s... read more
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Interview experience
1
Bad
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
6-8 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Dec 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Tell me about your previous roles and responsibilities
Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Very terrific and difficult

Customer Agent Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Who is the prime minister of India
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via Naukri.com and was interviewed in Apr 2023. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
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Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Situational type questions, examples instances of how you have overcome such challenges, timelines, and what was the outcome. What did you learn through this course of action.
  • Q2. Technical round. Prepare yourself with data points than having generalised answers.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare yourself for situational type of questions.
Such as an example in your current role what did you implement? What was the challenges you faced? What was your role? Your team role? What was the result? What more could have been done? What did you learn? Give examples with data points would be beneficial.

Workforce Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. what is capacity planning? How many FTE are required with AHT of 15 mins in a week given inbound volume is 5000
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Backend Developer Interview Questions & Answers

user image Aditya Kumar

posted on 15 May 2024

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Company Website and was interviewed before May 2023. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Five advantages of spring boot Which java version you currently use? Features of the java version you use Output from the code Difference between this and super In order to update the string, which will be...
  • Ans. 

    Spring Boot offers advantages like rapid development, easy configuration, embedded servers, production-ready features, and more.

    • Rapid development: Spring Boot simplifies the setup and configuration of Spring applications, allowing developers to focus on writing business logic.

    • Easy configuration: Spring Boot provides auto-configuration, reducing the need for manual setup and boilerplate code.

    • Embedded servers: Spring Boo...

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for PayPal Backend Developer interview:
  • Core Java
  • Spring Boot
  • Aspect oriented programming
  • Design Patterns
  • Exception handling
Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be prepared with core java concepts and the questions may come from the development side

Skills evaluated in this interview

Backend Developer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Vertical Order Traversal of a Binary Tree Given a binary tree, your task is to return the vertical order traversal of its nodes' values. For each node located at a position (X, Y), its left child will be at (X-1, Y-1) and its right child wi... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Java program on all data structures
  • Ans. 

    Java program on all data structures

    • Start by implementing basic data structures like arrays, linked lists, stacks, queues, trees, and graphs

    • Use Java built-in classes like ArrayList, LinkedList, Stack, Queue, TreeMap, and HashMap

    • Practice implementing algorithms like sorting, searching, and traversal on these data structures

  • Answered by AI

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - It was difficult. Fully on data structure

Skills evaluated in this interview

Senior Software Engineer 2 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. What microservices patterns are you aware ? let's assume that there is a microservice based architecture and service A is calling service B which in turn service C. If service b fails, how will you manage transaction and logging ?
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PayPal Interview FAQs

How many rounds are there in PayPal 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 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, SQL, Python, Wellness and Analytics.
What are the top questions asked in PayPal interview?

Some of the top questions asked at the PayPal interview -

  1. Input a file. Select first 3 lines of the file. Select the longest line and cou...read more
  2. But amazon can do the search in O(n). Why it has to go for O(nk)? For data stru...read more
  3. When you search for a particular product in amazon, it displays some of the sea...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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