PayPal

Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California

August 13, 2024

Positive ExperienceNo Response

Process

I interviewed in 2021 for a SWE intern role.

For my first round interview, I was given a LeetCode easy/medium problem. For my second round, I was given a LeetCode medium problem.

The process was pretty straightforward and fair.

Questions

Have you ever used PayPal before?

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 42 interview experiences for the PayPal Software Engineer role in San Jose, California.

Success Rate

36%

Pass Rate

PayPal's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in San Jose, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive57%

Neutral21%

Negative21%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for PayPal's Software Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.

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