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      Intern Interview

      30 Mar 2020
      Anonymous interview candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at PayPal (New York, NY) in Mar 2020

      Interview

      Data science intern interview. One recruiter reached out to me and scheduled the first round of phone interviews. The first interview was with a data scientist of the team I was interviewing for. She asked me technical questions about machine learning, fraud detection, and SQL theory questions. Then she asked me a few advanced level SQL queries. I thought I answered them well. After that, I had another phone interview with a product manager. He asked me behavioral questions and how high I would rate myself in SQL, Python, and AWS. He also asked me to explain two of my projects. After two days, I received an invitation for the final round of interviews with the senior product manager of the team. It was a video interview and focused on my knowledge about payment risks and the e-commerce domain. He asked me open-ended questions on how I can detect and prevent payment frauds in various scenarios and which algorithms, technologies I would use and why. I thought I did well and the manager seemed impressed with my answers. However, I received rejection email after 4 days.

      Interview questions [6]

      Question 1

      Multiple joins SQL queries
      Answer question

      Question 2

      Partition by, over queries
      Answer question

      Question 3

      Difference between logistic regression and linear regression
      Answer question

      Question 4

      How will you detect real-time payment frauds
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      Question 5

      How to build models to identify and stop fraudulent transactions before they happen
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      Question 6

      NLP related questions
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      1

      Other Intern interview reviews for PayPal

      Intern Interview

      4 Nov 2025
      Anonymous employee
      San Jose, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA)

      Interview

      Very friendly and simple, some behavioral and technical interviews. Technical interviews were not difficult and were more applicability based than standard LeetCode problems. Interviewers were very welcoming and helped when needed.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Talk about your prior experience
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      1
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      PayPal response
      7mo
      Thank you for sharing your interview experience and welcome to the PayPal family!

      Intern Interview

      3 Aug 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at PayPal

      Interview

      5 question home assignment. 3 open questions to analyze based on information they upload and 2 sql questions. later if passed a zoom call to review the assignment. the time is timed

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      simple sql question (basic functions, similar to excel)
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      PayPal response
      10mo
      Thank you for your feedback, we're sorry to hear about your experience. We constantly aim to create the best possible candidate experience, but admittedly things can always be improved. Your feedback is valuable and will help us understand how we can evolve our interview process.

      Intern Interview

      28 Mar 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      London, England
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (London, England) in Mar 2025

      Interview

      All sales London team was kind and helpful during interview, great experience! Questions were reasonable and interesting to respond, all interview structured well and easy to follow! Overall experience 10 out of 10

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why do you consider yourself good fit for this position
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