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Software Engineer 3 Interview

9 Mar 2023

Anonymous employee

Timonium, MD

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Software Engineer 3 Interview

27 Apr 2025

Anonymous interview candidate

Chennai

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Software Engineer 3 Interview

9 Mar 2023

Anonymous employee

Timonium, MD

Other Software Engineer 3 interview reviews for PayPal

Software Engineer 3 Interview

27 Apr 2025

Anonymous interview candidate

Chennai

No offer

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (Timonium, MD) in Apr 2022

Interview

Initial screening followed by multiple technical Interviews. The first interview was a verbal technical Q&A session. The second technical interview included Javascript and React pair programming. The final interview was with the hiring manager.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Pair programming using React and Javascript.

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PayPal response

Thank you for sharing your interview experience and welcome to the PayPal family!

Neutral experience

Average interview

Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (Chennai) in Feb 2025

Interview

it went for nearly 1.5 to 2months , with totally 4 rounds excluding the OA. starting with screening OA round , 1 coding round, 1HLD, 1 hackerrank api coding, 1HM round.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

HLD round focused on rate limiting

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PayPal response

12mo

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!

Software Engineer 3 Interview

3 Oct 2023

Anonymous interview candidate

Bengaluru

Declined offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at PayPal (Bengaluru)

Interview

First was online coding test. Second, face to face coding where sliding window program was asked. Third was design round, asked to design Mine game and add modern touch to it. Fourth was manager round and nothing was asked for the entire round.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Sliding window program. Design a mine game.

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PayPal response

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!

Software Engineer 3 Interview

23 Dec 2024

Anonymous employee

Ciudad de Mexico

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at PayPal (Ciudad de Mexico) in Feb 2023

Interview

De 3 a 5 entrevistas. Un proceso de aproximadamente 3 meses. Primero te contacta alguien de RH y luego son al menos 3 entrevistas técnicas. El proceso es largo pero muy transparente y agradable.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Las 3 entrevistas técnicas son live coding La primera son algorimos básicos con estructuras de datos. La segunda y la tercera son más específicas del lenguaje o posicion al que aplicas. En mi caso fueron de javascript, express y react.

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PayPal response

Thank you for sharing your interview experience and welcome to the PayPal family!