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.
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).
The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the PayPal Staff Software Engineer role in United States.
PayPal's interview process for their Staff Software Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
Candidates reported having negative feelings for PayPal's Staff Software Engineer interview process in United States.