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6 Nov 2018

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (Chennai) in Nov 2018

Interview

Online Coding Round 1:30 hrs on hacker rank, consisting of 2 questions it happened in the afternoon slot, Myntra asked the same Final Discounted Price question too. App dynamics too asked the same question. CTC = 3600000 Taxable Income = 2430000 Monthly Income = 108333 Others: Base Pay : 1300000 Sign On bonus paid in 2 installments - 1st & 13 months : 1000000 RSU : USD 18000 == 1170000 INR Variable Bonus (10% of base pay) : 130000

Interview questions [2]

Question 1

Count the total number of distinct substrings of a string

1 Answer

Question 2

Find final discounted price. example, given input = 2 3 1 2 4 2 output = 1 + 2 + 1 + 0 + 2 + 2 = 8 Starting from the left shopkeeper rings up each item at its full price less the price of the first lower or equal priced item to its right. Item priced at 1 units will be sold at full price.

1 Answer

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Software Engineer Interview

7 Apr 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

2mo

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

16 Mar 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

3mo

Software Engineer Interview

6 Mar 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

3mo

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Software Engineer Interview

6 Nov 2018

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Difficult interview

Application

I applied through university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (Chennai) in Nov 2018

Interview

Interview questions [2]

Question 1

Count the total number of distinct substrings of a string

1 Answer

Question 2

1 Answer

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Software Engineer Interview

7 Apr 2026

Anonymous interview candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Easy interview

Application

I interviewed at PayPal

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PayPal response

2mo

Software Engineer Interview

16 Mar 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

3mo

Software Engineer Interview

6 Mar 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

3mo

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