I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal in Nov 2021
Interview
A one hour call with 2 engineers, followed by a 30 min call with the hiring manager. Entire process was less than two weeks long after being contacted, applied a couple of weeks before. Very low stress, everyone I spoke to was very nice and it felt like a conversation more than an interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Past projects, show a code sample, situational questions, why PayPal?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at PayPal
Interview
A call with manager followed by 2 45 min interviews. One was a typical leetcode question and the other was a system design question. The system design for me was pretty difficult since I am not used to it but the leetcode interview was easy, The system design interview varies for some. Some people got a simple OOP system design question but I got a real system design question where I had to design a feature.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you had to scale your personal project, how would you do it?
I applied online. I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA) in Apr 2026
Interview
OA -> 15min recruiter screen -> 2x 45 min tech rounds (one LC/algorithmic/DSA, one system design/behavioral engineering manager). Super chill, didn't expect to hear back in less than a week. First tech was on Hackerrank with an engineer, try to get 15/15 test cases passed and communicate your thought process. Second tech was a resume grill (really know those bullet points) and a simple verbal system design.