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Software Engineer Interview Experience

May 1, 2012
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Sent me a C/C++ test via email. It was supposed to take no more than one hour.

I was asked not to use an editor, the internet, or another compiler. I was only to use the online environment without the C standard libraries.

Questions

Implement the atoi C function.

Implement a function that reverses a linked list recursively.

Implement a function that inverts all the words within a string, with each word separated by a space. Note: do not reverse the statement, just the words.

Implement a function that reverses the bits within an unsigned integer using bitwise operations.

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The following metrics were computed from 304 interview experiences for the PayPal Software Engineer role.

Success Rate

26%
Pass Rate

PayPal's interview process for their Software Engineer roles is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive53%
Neutral24%
Negative22%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for PayPal's Software Engineer interview process.

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