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Staff Software Engineer Interview Experience

October 13, 2023
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

An in-house recruiter reached out, and we had an initial call, which was nice. I liked that they had the initiative to contact candidates sometimes, and the call was good, with no complaints in that sense. It felt like a normal, friendly conversation.

The next step was a virtual coding interview, run by a third-party provider with one interviewer from overseas.

  • Next step (if previous one passed): technical phone interview (45 min).
  • Last step, final round (4 hours): multiple assessments.

Questions

During the coding interview, I was presented with a long problem related to payments. It took about 5-10 minutes to understand, including the edge cases. If you were able to complete the algorithm and pass the test cases, you would be presented with more problems until you ran out of time (1 hour).

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the PayPal Staff Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

17%
Pass Rate

PayPal's interview process for their Staff Software Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive33%
Neutral17%
Negative50%

Candidates reported having negative feelings for PayPal's Staff Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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