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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      5 Aug 2016
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Bengaluru
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at PayPal (Bengaluru) in Aug 2016

      Interview

      Written:- 1. Create your own linklist and write a function to find the middle element of the list 2. consider an array which contains alphabets from a to z arr['a','b','c',..'z']. Write a program that uses two threads to print this using both. 3. cosider an array of integers, write a program that shifts all the zero(0) in this arry to shift to the right. Please note you should not use any extra array or collections. Then was selected and attended the second round. I was asked that how to implement "People You May Know" concept of facebook. Write a java program for it. I explained the algo and dynamics beside it but told me to write the code which was rubbishh. Second question was on patterns (.) and (*), Suppose you have a complex pattern like a.b.*cdd*e.ff*. and i give u a string, you need to return true or false if it maches. (.) means any - a.b means a(any value)b for eg: a5b (*) means repeated. - a*b means a (then n number of a ) then b , eg: aaab will be true but ab will be false. write a code for the same which takes two input one regex pattern and one sample string and return boolean value whether it adheres to regex or not

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Written:- 1. Create your own linklist and write a function to find the middle element of the list 2. consider an array which contains alphabets from a to z arr['a','b','c',..'z']. Write a program that uses two threads to print this using both. 3. cosider an array of integers, write a program that shifts all the zero(0) in this arry to shift to the right. Please note you should not use any extra array or collections. Then was selected and attended the second round. I was asked that how to implement "People You May Know" concept of facebook. Write a java program for it. I explained the algo and dynamics beside it but told me to write the code which was rubbishh. Second question was on patterns (.) and (*), Suppose you have a complex pattern like a.b.*cdd*e.ff*. and i give u a string, you need to return true or false if it maches. (.) means any - a.b means a(any value)b for eg: a5b (*) means repeated. - a*b means a (then n number of a ) then b , eg: aaab will be true but ab will be false. write a code for the same which takes two input one regex pattern and one sample string and return boolean value whether it adheres to regex or not
      Answer question
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      22 May 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Austin, TX
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at PayPal (Austin, TX) in Mar 2026

      Interview

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      Question 1

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      PayPal response
      3w
      Thank you for sharing your interview experience with us. Your feedback is valuable and will help us understand how we can evolve our interview process. We hope you can find another role on our website that fits your interest and join our team!

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      28 Dec 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Ciudad de Mexico
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Difficult interview

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      31 Oct 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Jose, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at PayPal (Ciudad de Mexico)

      Interview

      OA assignment then followed by a onsite virtual interview loop that consist on a system design interview, a code interview and an interview with the hiring manager. They ask leetcode style question, the system design interview was kind of hard.

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      Question 1

      Tell me about a time you had a disagreement with your manager?
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      PayPal response
      5mo
      Thank you for sharing your interview experience with us. Your feedback is valuable and will help us understand how we can evolve our interview process. We hope you can find another role on our website that fits your interest and join our team!

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA) in Sept 2025

      Interview

      The interview process is typical of any other tech company, but don’t waste your time interviewing with them if you’re genuinely looking for a job. After multiple rounds of interviews, they don’t even have the courtesy to share a decision or send a rejection email. Even after a couple of weeks following the onsite rounds, they just ghost you as if they’ve never heard of you before.

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      Question 1

      I can’t share the exact questions due to an NDA, but typical LeetCode and system design preparation is sufficient, along with clearly articulating your past work experience.
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      PayPal response
      7mo
      Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We strive to provide an enjoyable and thoughtful interview experience where candidates feel they are getting the most out of the interview process. We apologize that you did not have this experience and would appreciate hearing more about your interview process and what we could do better. Please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com so we can connect. Thank you again for taking the time to leave a review and I look forward to hearing from you.