I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA) in Aug 2023
Interview
Recruiter approached in Linkedin and we had the interview process started. First round - Karat interview - 1 hour Recruiter round - 15 mins Second round - A junior SDE - 45 mins I think PayPal is making a joke with the interviews and takes advantage of the job market. I'm not quite sure how are senior SDEs evaluated and rejected from just one junior's feedback. The interview is a coding challenge that iterates on the original problem done in Karat. It was originally scheduled for 45 mins and it ran close to an hour.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Karat - 2 problems in 1 hour. This is no longer exact Leetcode but similar to medium level. First Round - Recruiter - Why would you want to work in PayPal? How do you see yourself a good fit? Second Round Iterate on the karat problem. You'd be forced to implement the interview's approach though it may not be the best. There is plenty of time to finish it given that this round runs for an hour. Arguing with end up in a rejection.
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