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Sep 19, 2015

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at PayPal (Vellore) in Jul 2015

Interview

PayPal came for campus recruitment in VIT. Around 38 people were selected on the basis of apti and 2 coding round. Basic data structures,algorithms and C,C++ concepts like trees, binary trees,etc were asked in the interview. Recommended books RS agarwal and geeksforgeeks.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Path from one node to another in binary tree

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Software Engineer Interview

Apr 7, 2026

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Easy interview

Application

I interviewed at PayPal

Interview

I had a recruiter call and they said they would send me a link to a Karat interview round in a week but I never received it. I mailed the recruiter multiple times but got no response or communication about it

PayPal response

1mo

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 Interview

Mar 16, 2026

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Easy interview

Application

I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA)

Interview

Recruiter call was basic scan of resume understanding tech stack what i work on and my interests. Prepare your resume and be ready to state why you want to work for the company.

PayPal response

2mo

Software Engineer Interview

Mar 6, 2026

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Average interview

Application

I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA)

Interview

I interviewed 2 round, one front end, one hire manager, but didn’t move forward. The hr is helpful, the hire manager round asked about system design questions, which I feel may cause the rejection.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Normal front end interview questions, implement a fetching api small task

Answer question

PayPal response

2mo

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Software Engineer Interview

Sep 19, 2015

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at PayPal (Vellore) in Jul 2015

Interview

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Path from one node to another in binary tree

Answer question

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Software Engineer Interview

Apr 7, 2026

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Easy interview

Application

I interviewed at PayPal

Interview

PayPal response

1mo

Software Engineer Interview

Mar 16, 2026

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Easy interview

Application

I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA)

Interview

Recruiter call was basic scan of resume understanding tech stack what i work on and my interests. Prepare your resume and be ready to state why you want to work for the company.

PayPal response

2mo

Software Engineer Interview

Mar 6, 2026

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Average interview

Application

I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA)

Interview

I interviewed 2 round, one front end, one hire manager, but didn’t move forward. The hr is helpful, the hire manager round asked about system design questions, which I feel may cause the rejection.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Normal front end interview questions, implement a fetching api small task

Answer question

PayPal response

2mo

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