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      Software Engineer Interview

      Oct 14, 2020
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Scottsdale, AZ
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (Scottsdale, AZ) in Jun 2020

      Interview

      TLDR Version: TERRIBLE experience. Interviewer was at a park or something and wasn't fully invested in the interview. Asked questions not at all related to the role. I had to repeat questions to the interviewer a few times due to him not fully listening. Recruiter ghosted me, never got an update. Ghosting tells a lot about their character in my opinion. Long version: Applied online and a recruiter contacted me about a week later to setup a screening call. Topics were the usual in addition to briefing me on what they anticipated paying which was WELL below market. But I figured I'd still go through with the process since I hadn't interviewed in a while. Had a technical phone screen about a week later with a Principal Engineer on the team and this had to of been the worst experience I've ever had while interviewing. I prepped according to the job requirements and some general topics in a packet the recruiter sent me on the stack they use at PayPal. I was asked questions that were NOT AT ALL related to the role I was interviewing for. The interviewer also sounded like he was at a park because I could hear cars, people talking and kids playing in the background. I could tell he wasn't paying attention because I had to repeat my questions a few times due to no response on his end.... I knew from that call, I wasn't going to be moved forward with the process but I still sent a email to check in with the recruiter a couple weeks later, whom said they had contacted the team for feedback. Nothing, they ghosted me, couldn't even tell me they moved on. I ended up landing a MUCH BETTER position elsewhere.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Cryptography questions
      1 Answer
      2

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