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Software Engineer Intern Interview

26 Sept 2013

Anonymous interview candidate

Austin, TX

No offer

Easy interview

Application

I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at PayPal (Austin, TX) in May 2013

Interview

phone interview: ask concept of class, inner join, overload, override

Other Software Engineer Intern interview reviews for PayPal

Software Engineer Intern Interview

16 Apr 2026

Anonymous interview candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Average interview

Application

I applied online. I interviewed at PayPal

Interview

I had one interview that included basic computer science questions, along with a coding task to implement an array supporting O(1) operations such as set-all, and some additional multithreading questions related to that set-all array implementation.

PayPal response

1mo

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 Intern Interview

7 Dec 2025

Anonymous interview candidate

San Mateo, CA

No offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Software Engineer Intern Interview

5 Dec 2025

Anonymous interview candidate

San Jose, CA

No offer

Negative experience

Average interview

Application

I interviewed at PayPal (San Mateo, CA)

Interview

Received an OA for this. The OA had two questions: one easy difficulty and one medium. They were similar if not identical to Leetcode's premium tagged questions for this company. Sadly, I did the OA late and got ghosted.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

I did not get to the interview round.

Answer question

PayPal response

5mo

Application

I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA) in Oct 2025

Interview

I got ghosted after doing great in both interviews. I can't believe companies ghost even students nowadays especially for a big name like Paypal. Kinda sucks, but it definitely says more about them.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

How much experience do you have in Java?

Answer question

PayPal response

5mo

Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback. We strive to provide an enjoyable and thoughtful interview experience where candidates feel they are getting the most out of the interview process. We apologize that you did not have this experience and would appreciate hearing more about your interview process and what we could do better. Please contact us at paypalglobaltalentacquisition@paypal.com so we can connect. Thank you again for taking the time to leave a review and I look forward to hearing from you.