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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      7 Oct 2016
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Jose, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA) in Aug 2016

      Interview

      My resume was passed thru a referral and I was directly called for an onsite interview in their San Jose office. Right from the start, this was a disaster. The hiring manager directly called me and set up the interview... "Can you come tomorrow?" I asked for a couple of days more to study and setup the interview on friday. There was no process to it. No confirmation email. No job description sent. Nothing. There were four 45 mins interview. The first one was probably the only nice guy. The 2nd interviewer was a manager in another team. He was chatting, while i was explaining on the white board. I could hear the notification sounds. At one point, he stops me and tells me - "hold on. let me tell these guys i am in an interview" ...I mean, please show atleast some professionalism when you are interviewing someone. All 4 interviewers were constantly IMing on their phone. Not sure, if they were exchanging notes or if it was a personal conversation. As a senior engineer, I have been on the other side taking interviews and I make it a point to not take my laptop and not take my phone out of the pocket. In many cases, the interviewee is already tense and it is my duty as an interviewer to show professionalism, listen to him, guide him, make him feel comfortable and try to show him how great a workplace this is. Sorry but IMing, speaking on the phone etc shows the exact opposite. The final interview was with the hiring manager. It ended around 12.30 and he asks me "did you have lunch?" and I am like, "uh. no" He goes - "ok you have two options. you can go home and eat or i can take you to the cafeteria" My interviews had not gone well, so i knew I am not getting the position but if any hiring manager asks me for a lunch, how can i say no? So, we go to the cafeteria. pick up something. He looks at the watch and tells me, "Ok, i have another meeting in 10 mins, so we need to finish this fast" ....Are you kidding me? Why did you even give me the option? You should have just escorted me out instead. I have given approx 5-7 interviews in the last 1 month and this was the second worst interview process. Paypal, if you need good engineers, take a deep look at your interview process and train your interviewers

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Past projects, find unique element in an array where all other elements are repeating twice, Connect 4 game implementation and other basic java questions
      Answer question
      9

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      Senior Software Engineer Interview

      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

      This role is for Venmo Infrastructure team. was contacted by Recruiter . Had recruiter call for overview of the role and then Virtual interview Round with Specific questions related to Kubernetes, DevOps. Live coding exercise in Python.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      How do you manage EKS deployments
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      PayPal response
      4w
      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

      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.

      Interview questions [1]

      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!

      Senior Software Engineer Interview

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

      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.

      Interview questions [1]

      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.