I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at PayPal in Dec 2020
Interview
Had 2 rounds of interview, both of them were based on behavioral & past experience. Recruiting team was super helpful and provided all the help in getting ready for the interview as well as throughout the on-boarding process.
First round was an hour long video call with team lead and the questions were mainly based on behavioral & experience with technologies that the team uses. No technical/coding questions.
Second round involved a one hour video interview with two of the team members where I was asked couple of technical questions and I had to talk thoroughly about my approach and a system design question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you design your backend architecture for a recommendation service based on user preferences & behavior.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at PayPal (Bengaluru) in Dec 2024
Interview
The first round focused on a two-sum problem, which the interviewer progressively twisted three times to test my logical thinking.
The second round involved a mix of High-Level Design (HLD) and some Low-Level Design (LLD).
The third round was centered around core language concepts (Java in my case).
The fourth and final round was a cultural fitment discussion
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
3rd round was based on Abstract factory design pattern.
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Interview was good. Focused more on problem solving. It a typical product interview with a software fundamentals (Dsa), technical 1 and 2, manager and hr rounds. Interview is not that difficult to crack.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They have given me few problems and asked me to use some publicly available APIs to use them.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (Chicago, IL) in Aug 2024
Interview
OA -> HM Round -> Technical Round
All the rounds were pretty easy.
Recruiter didn't provide the feedback though.
Hiring manager finished the round in 15 minutes which was about to go for 30 minutes.
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