Software Engineer III applicants have rated the interview process at PayPal with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer III roles take an average of 10 days to get hired, when considering 5 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 III according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 40%
One on one interview: 30%
Presentation: 20%
Drug test: 10%
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After recruiter screening, there were four rounds. Two technical rounds, system design and hiring manager. Technical rounds were medium leetcode types. System design round asked about URL shortening service combined with hiring manager round.
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In technical rounds, sorting algorithm, array manipulation, java collection framework.
Two interviews, one just a general question interview asking basic questions like experience, why I want to work at paypal, weaknesses etc. Seciond was with engineer with system architecture questions
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Questions are sepcific to experience. Why you implemented this system using X instead of Y?
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Very responsive and understanding the candidate.
They cared about my concerns and changed the pace of the interview process. They listen to the candidate properly.
Very responsive and understanding the candidate.
They cared about my concerns and changed the pace of the interview process. They listen to the candidate properly.