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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Jose, California

May 1, 2020
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Spoke with the hiring manager, and that went well apparently. It was a typical discussion around what you've worked on, etc.

Then, I moved on to a virtual technical interview. The task was to select a DOM element, add classes to it, and remove classes from it. I had to create functions to do this, and then consolidate and build an object to handle the implementation. It was an odd test, but whatever. After that, there was radio silence.

I have no problem with interviewing, but if I'm spending my time to go through the interview process, at a minimum, I expect a response back with a "yes" or "no." I shouldn't have to chase the recruiter to find the answer.

Questions

Create a jQuery implementation for adding and removing classes from a DOM element.

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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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