Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California
Process
I applied online and received a reply after one month.
Had three rounds of interviews, all telephonic.
The first interview was with the technical manager of the team. She asked me about my projects and other behavioral questions, such as why I wanted to work at PayPal. It lasted hardly 20 minutes.
Then, the second and third rounds were with engineers within the team. They also asked me mostly about my projects. These were a bit detailed and drilled down into the specifics of my work.
Questions
Surprisingly, no coding or object-oriented questions were asked.
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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
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
Candidates reported having very good feelings for PayPal's Software Engineer interview process in San Jose, California.
PayPal Work Experiences
- 3.0Remote work sucksSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesApril 26, 2021Pros: Good salary, nice, understanding managers.Cons: Very bad communication and lack of interaction among team members.
- 4.0Great company, but a little slowSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesJanuary 4, 2024Pros: I really enjoyed the company culture, as it felt like there was a strong belief in the mission to help small businesses and a supportive culture encouraging diversity, family, and inclusion. While I definitely felt the promotion of these ideals, they could definitely still work on diversity in their offices.Cons: The company is large, and some of the systems are a bit old. With dealing with such a critical thing as money, processes tended to be extremely methodical, but at the cost of being very bureaucratic and slow. There was also still pressure on the development teams to produce, even under this atmosphere.
- 4.0Good Wlb, Slow GrowthSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeSan Jose, California, United StatesMarch 9, 2021Pros: Good work-life balance. The product will be used by many users.Cons: Less opportunity as growth. Some time, a bit slow.
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