PayPal Software Engineer -2 interview questions
Updated 30 Sept 2025Difficulty
Average
Experience
Very positive
How others got an interview
- 25%RecruiterRecruiter
- 13%Employee referralEmployee referral
- 13%In personIn person
Interview search
9 interviews
PayPal interviews FAQs
- Software Engineer -2 applicants have rated the interview process at PayPal with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 71% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
- Candidates applying for Software Engineer -2 roles take an average of 23 days to get hired, when considering 7 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 Engineer -2 according to 7 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Background check: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Phone interview: 11%
Presentation: 11%
Personality test: 6%
Other: 6%
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