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Updated 24 Mar 2025

Top PayPal 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 ...read more
    asked in Software Engineer interview
  • Q2. Maximum Path Sum in a Matrix Given an N*M matrix filled with integer numbers, determine the maximum sum that can be obtained from a path starting from any cell in the fi ...read more
    asked in Software Developer interview
  • Q3. Sum Queries in a Sorted Array Given two arrays arr and queries , your task is to determine the sum of all elements in arr that are less than or equal to each element in ...read more
    asked in SDE-2 interview
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PayPal Interview Experiences

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210 interviews found

Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Hard
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

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

Round 1 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Write a way to handle a situation in SQL without putting join condition
  • Ans. 

    Use subqueries to handle a situation in SQL without putting join condition

    • Use subqueries to retrieve data from another table without explicitly joining them

    • Subqueries can be used in SELECT, WHERE, or FROM clauses

    • Example: SELECT * FROM table1 WHERE column1 IN (SELECT column2 FROM table2)

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Situational question on handling certain Product Management issues
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Explain various components of the previous salary

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Be very prepared; Questions are not run on the mill questions and seeks more than what is expected of the role

Skills evaluated in this interview

Business System Analyst Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. 3. How will you manage the priority task when overloaded with work.
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Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I appeared for an interview in Feb 2025, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. EM Round 1 - Introduction General discussions around work experience, working hours, etc. Situation when you had to motivate your team. Brief System Design Question
  • Q2. Round 2: Technical Round Design a System which collects all contacts from your mobile phone, allows you to send invitation to contact (either a phone no or an email)
  • Q3. Round 3: Technical Coding Question on HackerRank Implement a function getTotalVotes() Implement a function getTotalVotes() 1. Provide a rest API and list of params for querying a database of restaurant and...

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - I think the competition out there is very high ... also I think I was interviewing for a more junior role than I should have and that might have been a challenge.

Engineering Manager Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. System Design - how would design a trading system, what db, cloud you would consider and why? how would ensure data is real time not near real time? How would you set up devOps for this ?
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I appeared for an interview in Jan 2025.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

One question related to object-oriented programming and one question related to data structures and algorithms.

Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. DSA - 2 questions need to solve in 45 min with optimal solution one based on recursion and another is based on 2 pointers.
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Can you describe the system design for the checkout feature on Amazon, including the request body, API calls, load balancing, database caching, and content delivery network (CDN) considerations?
  • Ans. 

    The system design for the checkout feature on Amazon involves request body, API calls, load balancing, database caching, and CDN considerations.

    • Request body includes user's selected items, shipping address, payment details, etc.

    • API calls are made to process payment, update inventory, and send confirmation emails.

    • Load balancing ensures even distribution of traffic across multiple servers to handle checkout requests effi...

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions regarding your resume, previous company project work, and behavioral topics.

Software Engineer2 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. - Given a water -tight orientable 2-manifold, how to find if a point is inside or outside its volume? - Given a bunch of points with their coordinates, how to merge closeby points together? - How to determine if the normals of the two trian... read more
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Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
-

I appeared for an interview in Feb 2025, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. DSA - Heap based DSA Problem Palindrome based problem - Manacher Role Specialization - Questions on webpack, typescript, babel, testing, server side and client side, XSS and other attacks and how to avoid,...
  • Q2. System Design - AI powered parking lot

Front end Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Pair Sum Problem Statement You are given an integer array 'ARR' of size 'N' and an integer 'S'. Your task is to find and return a list of all pairs of elements where each sum of a pair equals 'S'. Note: Each pair should be ordered such that... read more
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 (5)

 SDE-2

 (4)

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I appeared for an interview in Feb 2025, where I was asked the following questions.

  • Q1. Tell me about yourself
  • Q2. What do you expect about your next role, why do you want to change your job
  • Q3. What do you like and dont like about your current role

Customer Support Specialist Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Definition of Customer support, Short and long term goals.
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

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

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Knn algorithm using python
  • Ans. 

    KNN algorithm is a simple and effective machine learning algorithm for classification and regression tasks.

    • KNN stands for K-Nearest Neighbors.

    • It is a non-parametric, lazy learning algorithm.

    • Works by finding the K closest training examples in feature space to a given input data point.

    • Classification: Assign the most common class among the K nearest neighbors.

    • Regression: Take the average of the K nearest neighbors' target...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Some LC problem on suffix and prefix
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Case study on imbalanced dataset
  • Q2. Evaluation metrics

Skills evaluated in this interview

Senior Machine Learning Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Data formats in big Data, why each format.
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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

Senior Software Engineer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. Tell me about yourself. What technology are you using? What is a Collection? What are the different types of collection there? What is the difference between ArrayList and LinkedList What are the basic building blocks of Stream operators, s... read more
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Question base on Tree data structures

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Explain GC collector in Java
  • Ans. 

    GC collector in Java is responsible for managing memory by reclaiming unused objects and freeing up memory space.

    • GC stands for Garbage Collector

    • Automatically manages memory by reclaiming unused objects

    • Prevents memory leaks and optimizes memory usage

    • Different types of GC algorithms like Serial, Parallel, CMS, G1

    • Example: System.gc() can be used to suggest garbage collection

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Dynamic programming algorithm question
Round 3 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Low level design for Car rental system
  • Ans. 

    Design a car rental system at a low level

    • Use object-oriented programming to model cars, customers, rentals, etc.

    • Implement a database to store information about available cars, customer bookings, etc.

    • Include features like booking, returning, and searching for cars

    • Consider implementing a pricing system based on factors like car type, duration of rental, etc.

  • Answered by AI
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Salary discussion

Skills evaluated in this interview

Software Engineer2 Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. - Given a water -tight orientable 2-manifold, how to find if a point is inside or outside its volume? - Given a bunch of points with their coordinates, how to merge closeby points together? - How to determine if the normals of the two trian... read more
View answer (1)
Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Ask about how to implement DQ

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Selected Selected

I applied via LinkedIn and was interviewed in Oct 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Introduction about yourself
  • Q2. Basic golang questions
Round 2 - Coding Test 

Coding questions on DSA

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare well on Golang and they ask only on basic level proficiency. But interviewer is inpatient and unable to listen till we complete our topic.

Golang Developer Interview Questions asked at other Companies

Q1. can we return difference data type and how ,what architeture you worked in your project,does go have oops concepts
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Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
2-4 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Jun 2024. There were 3 interview rounds.

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Basic Java related questions, OOPs concepts
  • Q2. Write code for encryption of the code
  • Ans. 

    Encryption of code involves converting plaintext into ciphertext to secure data.

    • Choose a strong encryption algorithm like AES or RSA

    • Generate a key for encryption

    • Encrypt the plaintext using the key and algorithm

    • Store or transmit the ciphertext securely

  • Answered by AI
Round 2 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Java Related questions, also some system design-related questions
  • Q2. Show the abstraction and write code for function overriding
  • Ans. 

    Abstraction is hiding the implementation details, function overriding is providing a new implementation for a method in a subclass.

    • Abstraction involves hiding the complex implementation details and showing only the necessary features to the user.

    • Function overriding occurs in inheritance when a subclass provides a specific implementation for a method that is already defined in its superclass.

    • Example: Parent class 'Anima...

  • Answered by AI
Round 3 - Behavioral 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Normal questions related to projects and work ethics

Skills evaluated in this interview

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?
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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