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PayPal Software Engineer interview questions

Updated May 21, 2026

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28%
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13%
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Software Developer Interview

Jun 8, 2012

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA) in Jun 2008

Interview

Standard interview. Screening by recruiter over phone. Discussion with hiring managers over phone. Then long in-person interview testing skills.

Interview questions [2]

Question 1

Object modeling

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Question 2

SQL Questions

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Software Engineer Interview

May 31, 2012

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Neutral experience

Average interview

Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA) in May 2011

Interview

sent me C\C++ test by email, it supposed to take no more then one hour, ask not to use editor, internet, other compiler, just use the online environment without the c stanard libraries,

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

sent me C\C++ test by email, it supposed to take no more then one hour, ask not to use editor, internet, other compiler, just use the online environment without the c stanard libraries,

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Software Engineer Interview

May 29, 2012

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Negative experience

Average interview

Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at PayPal in May 2012

Interview

sent me C\C++ test by email, it supposed to take no more then one hour, ask not to use editor, internet, other compiler, just use the online environment without the c stanard libraries,

Interview questions [4]

Question 1

Implement the atoi c function

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Question 2

Implement function that revert link list recursive

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Question 3

Implement function that inverts all the words whithin a string, each word separate with space, notice do not revert the statment just the words.

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Question 4

Implement function that Revert the bits within unsigned int, using bit opperation

1 Answer

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Software Developer Interview

Jun 8, 2012

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA) in Jun 2008

Interview

Standard interview. Screening by recruiter over phone. Discussion with hiring managers over phone. Then long in-person interview testing skills.

Interview questions [2]

Question 1

Object modeling

Answer question

Question 2

SQL Questions

Answer question

Software Engineer Interview

May 31, 2012

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Neutral experience

Average interview

Application

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA) in May 2011

Interview

sent me C\C++ test by email, it supposed to take no more then one hour, ask not to use editor, internet, other compiler, just use the online environment without the c stanard libraries,

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

sent me C\C++ test by email, it supposed to take no more then one hour, ask not to use editor, internet, other compiler, just use the online environment without the c stanard libraries,

Answer question

Software Engineer Interview

May 29, 2012

Anonymous Interview Candidate

No offer

Negative experience

Average interview

Application

I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at PayPal in May 2012

Interview

sent me C\C++ test by email, it supposed to take no more then one hour, ask not to use editor, internet, other compiler, just use the online environment without the c stanard libraries,

Interview questions [4]

Question 1

Implement the atoi c function

Answer question

Question 2

Implement function that revert link list recursive

Answer question

Question 3

Implement function that inverts all the words whithin a string, each word separate with space, notice do not revert the statment just the words.

Answer question

Question 4

Implement function that Revert the bits within unsigned int, using bit opperation

1 Answer

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