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PayPal Software Developer interview questions

based on 366 ratings - Updated May 21, 2026

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Software Engineer Interview

Feb 13, 2023

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Neutral experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at PayPal in Nov 2021

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three rounds of algo questions solving, need to run a test against the code so you need to make sure it is bug-free, one system design concerning consert ticket booking questions and one behavior questions.

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1. manager interview with an average algo question 2. algo 3. algo 4. system design 5. behavior

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Software Developer Interview

Jan 25, 2023

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Average interview

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I interviewed at PayPal

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Ask about basis questions java and c++ say to write a basic code ask about internship, projects, ask data structure basic question also ask about SQL, excel, say to write a code qives you a query

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Question 1

What is data structure Write a query to merge two table

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Software Developer Interview

Jan 14, 2023

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (Los Angeles, CA) in Feb 2021

Interview

I found this job via a recruiter, they submitted my resume then was a coding screening then a teams call wit the dev manager. It was about 2 hours long

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Question 1

One Hard level leetcode problem for 15 min - Common iOS questions - RxSwift/Combine

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Software Engineer Interview

Feb 13, 2023

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Neutral experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at PayPal in Nov 2021

Interview

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

1. manager interview with an average algo question 2. algo 3. algo 4. system design 5. behavior

Answer question

PayPal response

Thank you for sharing your interview experience and welcome to the PayPal family!

Software Developer Interview

Jan 25, 2023

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I interviewed at PayPal

Interview

Ask about basis questions java and c++ say to write a basic code ask about internship, projects, ask data structure basic question also ask about SQL, excel, say to write a code qives you a query

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

What is data structure Write a query to merge two table

Answer question

PayPal response

Software Developer Interview

Jan 14, 2023

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (Los Angeles, CA) in Feb 2021

Interview

I found this job via a recruiter, they submitted my resume then was a coding screening then a teams call wit the dev manager. It was about 2 hours long

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

One Hard level leetcode problem for 15 min - Common iOS questions - RxSwift/Combine

Answer question

PayPal response

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