PayPal

Software Developer - New Grad Interview Experience - United States

March 1, 2024

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Hackerrank Round 1

Medium to hard difficulty. I couldn't solve even any of the questions completely. The resources did say it would be medium. I can't remember the exact question unfortunately.

The next round would be a Vedic interview, calling via Zoom. However, I can't say much about it.

Questions

LeetCode questions: Medium difficulty level.

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PayPal Interview Questions

Zigzag Conversion

Medium

Convert a given string into a zigzag pattern with a specified number of rows. Then read the characters row by row to return the converted string.

Strings

LRU Cache

Medium

Design a data structure that acts as a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache. Implement methods to get and put key-value pairs, evicting the least recently used entry when the cache is full.

Linked ListsArraysDynamic Programming

Word Search

Medium

Determine if a given word can be constructed from letters in a 2D board, where letters can be used horizontally or vertically. Each letter can only be used once in the word.

ArraysStringsRecursionGraphs