I had a lot of fun with PayPal's interview process.
I received an email about the position after applying online months ago.
I set up a one-on-one personality interview over the phone with the hiring manager. After passing the phone interview, I interviewed on-site with two different engineers.
After the on-site interviews, I was treated to lunch with my manager. During lunch, I was able to learn more about PayPal's culture and the direction they're headed after the split from eBay.
Very fast response time – I heard back within 24 hours of interviewing!
They made it clear they were willing to be competitive with my other offers, and they were!
Asked a lot about previous projects, and actually built off my architecture to create new problems for me to solve.
System Design and JavaScript questions.
Questions will probably vary from team to team.
The following metrics were computed from 42 interview experiences for the PayPal Software Engineer role in San Jose, California.
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.
Candidates reported having very good feelings for PayPal's Software Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.