I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (Austin, TX) in Aug 2010
Interview
Phone interview consisted questions on OO for C++, Java. C++ questions: How do implement java interface in C++? What do you do when constructor fails? Why make a destructor virtual? How to decouple classes. Object Oriented concepts: Polymorphism, Abstraction, Encapsulation, Inheritance. Java: Access specifiers in Java.
On site interview consisted of 4 1:1 interviews with engineers. Consisted of puzzles, white board coding, design pattern questions. Examples: Design a hash table. Generate permutation of n characters. Recursively reverse string or linked list. Big O questions. Find the kth element in an unsorted array.
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
1mo
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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
2mo
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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
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