Senior Manager SRE Interview Experience - Chennai, India
November 1, 2020
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The process began with an initial introductory call, followed by five rounds of interviews.
One of these interviews was technical, and the remaining four were management-related.
A final debriefing was conducted by the hiring manager.
I understand the hiring manager already had someone else in mind.
Questions
Knowledge on Content Delivery Networks (CDNs) and DNS.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the PayPal Senior Manager SRE role in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
PayPal's interview process for their Senior Manager SRE roles in Chennai, Tamil Nadu is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
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Neutral100%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for PayPal's Senior Manager SRE interview process in Chennai, Tamil Nadu.
PayPal Work Experiences
4.0
Good Pay, Unstable Future
MTS1 Software Engineer • Former Employee
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
October 19, 2025
Pros: Good salary and good work culture.
Cons: Layoffs and job instability are issues here.
3.0
Good Place to work
Software Engineer 2 • Current Employee
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
March 23, 2023
Pros: Good company culture.
Good team.
Interesting tech problems to solve.
Cons: They make a lowball offer when you come from non-big tech companies.
So mostly, you'll join at the base compensation of the level instead of being offered fair compensation based on experience and skill.
1.0
Will not go back
Software Engineer • Former Employee
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India
June 29, 2024
Pros: Can't think of any pros.
Cons: 1. A reorganization will happen every quarter; the yearly roadmap and vision is a joke.
2. The stock price went lower than pre-COVID and never recovered.
3. Nobody knows where the company is going.
- 4.0Good Pay, Unstable FutureMTS1 Software Engineer • Former EmployeeChennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaOctober 19, 2025Pros: Good salary and good work culture.Cons: Layoffs and job instability are issues here.
- 3.0Good Place to workSoftware Engineer 2 • Current EmployeeChennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaMarch 23, 2023Pros: Good company culture. Good team. Interesting tech problems to solve.Cons: They make a lowball offer when you come from non-big tech companies. So mostly, you'll join at the base compensation of the level instead of being offered fair compensation based on experience and skill.
- 1.0Will not go backSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeChennai, Tamil Nadu, IndiaJune 29, 2024Pros: Can't think of any pros.Cons: 1. A reorganization will happen every quarter; the yearly roadmap and vision is a joke. 2. The stock price went lower than pre-COVID and never recovered. 3. Nobody knows where the company is going.
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