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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California

March 1, 2014
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Process

My manager found me on LinkedIn. First, I did a phone screen, which I managed to convert into a Skype screen, as I've learned to not trust reception quality/consistency. After that, I was given a coding challenge in Node.js. I was given it because I had no experience with Node, so it would be a learning experience. However, I was expected to complete it in only 3-4 hours, which is ludicrous (I took 12-16). It wasn't even brought up during my onsite, which they said would happen.

As for the onsite, none of the questions were too hard or interesting. The questions varied, including some high-level, some algorithmic, and some more "cultural." Everyone was fairly nice. They got back to me fairly quickly, within 2-3 days, which was cool. If it weren't for the random coding challenge, I would have rated this a positive experience.

Questions

Write a function that returns true if a passed-in number is a power of 2.

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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.

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