PayPal

Software Engineer I Interview Experience - Baltimore, Maryland

February 1, 2021

Positive ExperienceNo Response

Process

HR call: general interview questions, such as why you are leaving your current company and exceptions.
HackerRank: two coding questions.
Virtual onsite interview: two rounds with one coding question and practical Java questions. This is shorter than at other companies.
Offer

Questions

1 easy 2 median coding questions

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the PayPal Software Engineer I role in Baltimore, Maryland.

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Pass Rate

PayPal's interview process for their Software Engineer I roles in Baltimore, Maryland is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive100%

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for PayPal's Software Engineer I interview process in Baltimore, Maryland.

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