PayPal

Good overall package

Software Engineering Director

Former Employee

Worked at PayPal for 6 years

July 10, 2017

San Jose, California

Good overall package

Software Engineering Director•Former Employee•Worked at PayPal for 6 years

July 10, 2017

San Jose, California

4.0

RecommendsPositive OutlookApproves of CEO

Pros

Front seat in hot field: FinTech.

Good overall benefit package.

Care about diversity.

Cons

Big companies have more processes.

Advice to Management

People are less interested in politics, and let them stay out of it whenever possible.

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PayPal Interview Questions

Zigzag Conversion

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.

Count the Number of Vowel Strings in Range

Determine how many strings within a given array start and end with vowel letters, considering only a specified index range.

ArraysStringsTwo Pointers

Count Vowel Strings in Ranges

You are given an array of strings. Determine how many strings within given ranges start and end with a vowel.

ArraysStringsTwo Pointers

PayPal Interview Experiences

Staff Engineer - Backend - Java

San Jose, California, United States

One-time online assessment The recruiter gave instructions regarding the online assessment, but there were no clear topics. Some EJB questions appeared in the assessment, which the recruiter had not mentioned. If they are using EJB, they should cle

Staff Engineer - Backend - Java

San Jose, California, United States

One-time online assessment The recruiter gave instructions regarding the online assessment, but there were no clear topics. Some EJB questions appeared in the assessment, which the recruiter had not mentioned. If they are using EJB, they should cle

Senior Software Engineer

San Jose, California, United States

I interviewed with the PayPal Partner Integrations Team. My interview process started with a recruiter call, followed by a phone screen conducted via a third party called Karat. The phone screen included two medium-difficulty LeetCode-level question

Senior Software Engineer

San Jose, California, United States

I interviewed with the PayPal Partner Integrations Team. My interview process started with a recruiter call, followed by a phone screen conducted via a third party called Karat. The phone screen included two medium-difficulty LeetCode-level question

Full Stack Web Developer

San Jose, California, United States

After a phone screen in which I did a code share with the hiring manager, I was invited to an on-site interview. At the on-site interview, I met with the team lead, a JavaScript expert, and the hiring manager's boss.

Full Stack Web Developer

San Jose, California, United States

After a phone screen in which I did a code share with the hiring manager, I was invited to an on-site interview. At the on-site interview, I met with the team lead, a JavaScript expert, and the hiring manager's boss.

Staff Engineer - Backend - Java

San Jose, California, United States

One-time online assessment The recruiter gave instructions regarding the online assessment, but there were no clear topics. Some EJB questions appeared in the assessment, which the recruiter had not mentioned. If they are using EJB, they should cle

Staff Engineer - Backend - Java
San Jose, California, United States
May 1, 2025
One-time online assessment The recruiter gave instructions regarding the online assessment, but there were no clear topics. Some EJB questions appeared in the assessment, which the recruiter had not mentioned. If they are using EJB, they should cle

Senior Software Engineer

San Jose, California, United States

I interviewed with the PayPal Partner Integrations Team. My interview process started with a recruiter call, followed by a phone screen conducted via a third party called Karat. The phone screen included two medium-difficulty LeetCode-level question

Senior Software Engineer
San Jose, California, United States
June 1, 2019
I interviewed with the PayPal Partner Integrations Team. My interview process started with a recruiter call, followed by a phone screen conducted via a third party called Karat. The phone screen included two medium-difficulty LeetCode-level question

Full Stack Web Developer

San Jose, California, United States

After a phone screen in which I did a code share with the hiring manager, I was invited to an on-site interview. At the on-site interview, I met with the team lead, a JavaScript expert, and the hiring manager's boss.

Full Stack Web Developer
San Jose, California, United States
May 1, 2017
After a phone screen in which I did a code share with the hiring manager, I was invited to an on-site interview. At the on-site interview, I met with the team lead, a JavaScript expert, and the hiring manager's boss.

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