Software Engineer-Graduate Interview Experience - San Jose, California
Process
I applied online in February 2018 and received an email from the recruiter a week ago. The first round was a phone screening where an MTS Engineer asked questions related to my work experience, projects, and instances where I handled production-related issues.
He also asked a couple of easy questions on Data Structures.
I interviewed on a Friday, and on the following Monday, the recruiter contacted me, informing me that the team wanted to schedule two back-to-back interviews: one with an MTS 2 Engineer and another with my Manager.
My interview with both of them could be termed as average to slightly tough.
Questions
One of the interviews involved coding a question on BFS. The managerial round was a good mix of technical questions, where I was grilled on networking, design problems, and a DS question on graphs.
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PayPal's interview process for their Software Engineer-Graduate roles in San Jose, California is incredibly easy as the vast majority of engineers get an offer after going through it.
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