PayPal

Software Engineer Interview Experience - United Kingdom

September 17, 2025

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Smooth interview process. The HR was very nice and supportive.

The whole process consisted of:

1 online assessment with a couple of LeetCode-style coding questions
1 HR phone call about logistics and why PayPal, etc.
1 technical (DSA) interview with 2 LeetCode medium questions
1 React live coding interview.

Questions

Recursive programming question in React.

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the PayPal Software Engineer role in United Kingdom.

Success Rate

Pass Rate

PayPal's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United Kingdom is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral0%

Negative50%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for PayPal's Software Engineer interview process in United Kingdom.

PayPal Interview Questions

Zigzag Conversion

Medium

Convert a given string into a zigzag pattern with a specified number of rows. Then read the characters row by row to return the converted string.

Strings

LRU Cache

Medium

Design a data structure that acts as a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache. Implement methods to get and put key-value pairs, evicting the least recently used entry when the cache is full.

Linked ListsArraysDynamic Programming

Word Search

Medium

Determine if a given word can be constructed from letters in a 2D board, where letters can be used horizontally or vertically. Each letter can only be used once in the word.

ArraysStringsRecursionGraphs