PayPal Software Development Engineer (SDE) interview questions
Updated 29 Apr 2026Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
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PayPal interviews FAQs
- Software Development Engineer (SDE) applicants have rated the interview process at PayPal with 2.9 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 82% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Software Development Engineer (SDE) roles take an average of 12 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at PayPal overall takes an average of 18 days.
- Common stages of the interview process at PayPal as a Software Development Engineer (SDE) according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 25%
Phone interview: 21%
Background check: 13%
One on one interview: 13%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
Other: 8%
Presentation: 8%
Personality test: 4%
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