The interviews went well and even got good feedback from the recruiter. However, they informed after the last round that they are looking for someone with more experience. Not sure why that was not evaluated before.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In-depth questions about my work experience. Focus on ML System Design rather than code.
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at PayPal (Shanghái, Shanghai) in Sep 2024
Interview
The interview is around 1 hour and 40 minutes and there're two engineers hosting the interview for you. The process goes like this : is self introduction (In Chinese and English) -> details of the projects listed in you resume (In Chinese or English as you like) -> code interview (leetcode median, choose any program language as you like) -> ask the questions you're interested.
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal in Aug 2024
Interview
I recently went through PayPal's interview process for an ML role, which typically consists of four rounds:
1. Coding + Machine Learning
2. Coding + Machine Learning
3. In-depth Machine Learning
4. Machine Learning Business Case Study
In my case, I had an additional round focused on a combination of Machine Learning and Coding, bringing the total to five interviews over the span of three weeks.
While the technical depth of the interviews was commendable and challenged my expertise, the experience post-interviews has left much to be desired. It's been a couple of weeks since my last round, and despite following up, I haven’t received any feedback or updates on the outcome. This lack of communication raises concerns about the level of professionalism and transparency within the hiring process.
Based on this experience, I would hesitate to apply to PayPal again, and I would advise others to be mindful of the potential communication gaps in their recruitment process.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I interviewed with PayPal Bengaluru.
First two rounds cover SQL (intermediate), Python (basic DSA) and Machine Learning concepts in breadth. Third round covers Machine Learning concepts in-depth and you can expect questions about loss functions, models, algorithms and neural networks. Fourth round is generally a business case study round of DS problems at PayPal.
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