I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at PayPay in Sept 2024
Interview
I applied for Senior Backend Engineer at PayPay Securities and took the online CodeSignal test. I finished all 2 questions and passed all of the test cases in less than an hour. After 4 days of silence, they rejected me without explanation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
string manipulation with type conversion and math.
I applied online. I interviewed at PayPay (Tokyo) in Mar 2026
Interview
I interviewed at PayPay Tokyo.
The whole process took a couple of months. It was well organized, interviewers were never late and prepared.
I went through several rounds including HR, technical interviews and final interview.
All the interviews up to the final one felt relatively light hearted, with interesting challenges and questions.
The final stage felt much more serious and somewhat hard to read, and no feedback was provided after the rejection.
Overall, the process was professional, but my impression was that the final interview carried the most weight, so candidates should be prepared for that.
Described process:
1. Home assignment - 4 leetcode easy/medium problems
2. HR interview
3. Technical screening
4. Live coding
5. System design
6. Final interview
7. Offer interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Typical questions included:
What is your biggest achievement?
How would your colleagues describe you?
How have you improved your team’s productivity?
and so on
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at PayPay
Interview
intense but efficiency. 1st round is HR, then technical loop interview, Domian: Java, Concurrency, RDB, Redis, Kafka and Diving into resume, DA: leetcode medium, SA: payment module. 3rd is Line Manager + HR, focus on BQ and culture fit.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Domian: Java, Concurrency, RDB, Redis, Kafka and Diving into resume, DA: leetcode medium, SA: payment module.