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PayPal Data Engineer interview questions

based on 11 ratings - Updated Feb 17, 2025

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Data Engineer Interview

Aug 30, 2021

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Negative experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at PayPal (Bengaluru) in Aug 2021

Interview

First round is about project experience, asked me to write SQL queries and some Unix commands. after 5 days 2nd round started with a difficult SQL problem, i could not solve, other questions answered well, both the rounds were each 1 hour. Tried reaching HR through email and phone about the status of 2nd round, but never got any response.

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Question 1

gave a table with address and asked me to do normalization using SQL

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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.

Data Engineer Interview

Aug 5, 2021

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Neutral experience

Average interview

Application

I interviewed at PayPal

Interview

Two rounds at once. The first round contains a lot of questions related to my previous projects, reason why I leave my last company etc... The following round is purely java

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Difference between hashmap and hashtable

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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!

Data Engineer Interview

Jun 26, 2021

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at PayPal (Hyderabad) in Jun 2021

Interview

The whole process happened quickly. The 1st round technical discussion on data structures and algorithms. Then 2nd round technical discussion on data structures and algorithms , time complexity, optimizations. The 3rd round technical discussion on database concepts, handling huge data, design system.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

design system to book minimal parking slot at entry/exit (based on time/distance) Later need to write endpoints required

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Data Engineer Interview

Aug 30, 2021

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Negative experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at PayPal (Bengaluru) in Aug 2021

Interview

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

gave a table with address and asked me to do normalization using SQL

Answer question

PayPal response

Data Engineer Interview

Aug 5, 2021

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Neutral experience

Average interview

Application

I interviewed at PayPal

Interview

Two rounds at once. The first round contains a lot of questions related to my previous projects, reason why I leave my last company etc... The following round is purely java

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Difference between hashmap and hashtable

Answer question

PayPal response

Data Engineer Interview

Jun 26, 2021

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at PayPal (Hyderabad) in Jun 2021

Interview

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

design system to book minimal parking slot at entry/exit (based on time/distance) Later need to write endpoints required

Answer question

PayPal response

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