Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California
January 1, 2012
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
Telephonic screening In-person, onsite interview
Questions
Quick sort Design Elevator system Spiral Traversal of a Matrix BFS, DFS related
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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 Work Experiences
4.0
Great experience, mediocre system, and poor development environment
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Jose, California, United States
November 24, 2012
Pros: Great company, which is doing extremely well in the marketplace.
In some groups, the code you touch affects the livelihood of millions of people.
A great place to learn about payments and payments processing.
Some really top-notch engineers.
Cons: More than a few mediocre engineers just coasting. The codebase is kind of a mess, although many efforts are being made to fix things. The development environment, building and testing, was a real mess when I was there, although I hear that things have gotten a bit better.
1.0
Not a good place anymore
Software Engineer • Former Employee
San Jose, California, United States
May 21, 2014
Pros: Good location, nice campus and facility.
Cons: Too many meetings - almost 50% of the day is spent in various meetings.
Different vertical teams are hard to communicate with, and the communication can be quite inefficient.
Politics are floating around everywhere.
Lots of re-orgs.
The space for career growth is not much.
3.0
Good Wlb, Limited Learning
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Jose, California, United States
February 20, 2023
Pros: Good WLB and unlimited PTO
Cons: Not much opportunity for learning.
- 4.0Great experience, mediocre system, and poor development environmentSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesNovember 24, 2012Pros: Great company, which is doing extremely well in the marketplace. In some groups, the code you touch affects the livelihood of millions of people. A great place to learn about payments and payments processing. Some really top-notch engineers.Cons: More than a few mediocre engineers just coasting. The codebase is kind of a mess, although many efforts are being made to fix things. The development environment, building and testing, was a real mess when I was there, although I hear that things have gotten a bit better.
- 1.0Not a good place anymoreSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesMay 21, 2014Pros: Good location, nice campus and facility.Cons: Too many meetings - almost 50% of the day is spent in various meetings. Different vertical teams are hard to communicate with, and the communication can be quite inefficient. Politics are floating around everywhere. Lots of re-orgs. The space for career growth is not much.
- 3.0Good Wlb, Limited LearningSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesFebruary 20, 2023Pros: Good WLB and unlimited PTOCons: Not much opportunity for learning.
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