I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA) in Jan 2021
Interview
Applied for the job and got back within a couple of days from the recruiter that I got an interview.
I had a phone screen interview with one of the team members that I am going to work for 30 mins. Talking about PayPal and the team. Also, I introduce myself to the experience and projects that I worked on.
We have talked for more than 30 mins close to 50mins and at the end of the interview. I knew that I am going for the next technical interview.
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at PayPal
Interview
A call with manager followed by 2 45 min interviews. One was a typical leetcode question and the other was a system design question. The system design for me was pretty difficult since I am not used to it but the leetcode interview was easy, The system design interview varies for some. Some people got a simple OOP system design question but I got a real system design question where I had to design a feature.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you had to scale your personal project, how would you do it?
I applied online. I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA) in Apr 2026
Interview
OA -> 15min recruiter screen -> 2x 45 min tech rounds (one LC/algorithmic/DSA, one system design/behavioral engineering manager). Super chill, didn't expect to hear back in less than a week. First tech was on Hackerrank with an engineer, try to get 15/15 test cases passed and communicate your thought process. Second tech was a resume grill (really know those bullet points) and a simple verbal system design.