Process
Applied online and was emailed about a week later to set up a phone interview. I was phone screened by the team manager. A coding interview was scheduled for two days later. The coding interview was conducted by an engineer on the team.
Questions
Binary tree recursion
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 44 interview experiences for the PayPal Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.
Success Rate
32%
Pass Rate
PayPal's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive70%
Neutral16%
Negative14%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for PayPal's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.
PayPal Work Experiences
3.0
Great WLB But Poor Tech
Software Development Engineer (SDE) III • Current Employee
Bengaluru, Karnataka, India
October 20, 2022
Pros: Great WLB. You can choose your own projects.
Cons: Worst Tech. Not a good tech team. No vision for tech.
4.0
Great work culture, good pay
Mobile Developer Co-Op • Current Employee
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
October 15, 2018
Pros: Good Pay
Good work culture
Good work-life balance
Cons: Work can get boring at times, but I guess that is personal.
4.0
Good experience overall
Software Engineer Intern • Former Employee
Singapore, Singapore
November 18, 2022
Pros: - Good work-life balance
- Freedom to explore areas of interest
Cons: The tasks that I worked on were not critical to business needs.
- 3.0Great WLB But Poor TechSoftware Development Engineer (SDE) III • Current EmployeeBengaluru, Karnataka, IndiaOctober 20, 2022Pros: Great WLB. You can choose your own projects.Cons: Worst Tech. Not a good tech team. No vision for tech.
- 4.0Great work culture, good payMobile Developer Co-Op • Current EmployeeBoston, Massachusetts, United StatesOctober 15, 2018Pros: Good Pay Good work culture Good work-life balanceCons: Work can get boring at times, but I guess that is personal.
- 4.0Good experience overallSoftware Engineer Intern • Former EmployeeSingapore, SingaporeNovember 18, 2022Pros: - Good work-life balance - Freedom to explore areas of interestCons: The tasks that I worked on were not critical to business needs.
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