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21 May 2026

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at PayPal (Singapore) in Jul 2024

Interview

There is 1 technical (leetcode style, oop), 1 manageral and 1 director round for cultural fit. You have to pass each round to get an offer. The whole process takes around 1-2 weeks.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

tech: flatten multi-dimensional array, oop programming, sorting

Answer question

PayPal response

Thank you for sharing your interview experience and welcome to the PayPal family!

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Software Engineer Interview

7 Apr 2026

Anonymous interview candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Easy interview

Application

I interviewed at PayPal

Interview

I had a recruiter call and they said they would send me a link to a Karat interview round in a week but I never received it. I mailed the recruiter multiple times but got no response or communication about it

PayPal response

1mo

Thank you for sharing your interview experience with us. Your feedback is valuable and will help us understand how we can evolve our interview process. We hope you can find another role on our website that fits your interest and join our team!

Software Engineer Interview

16 Mar 2026

Anonymous interview candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Easy interview

Application

I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA)

Interview

Recruiter call was basic scan of resume understanding tech stack what i work on and my interests. Prepare your resume and be ready to state why you want to work for the company.

PayPal response

2mo

Software Engineer Interview

6 Mar 2026

Anonymous interview candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Average interview

Application

I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA)

Interview

I interviewed 2 round, one front end, one hire manager, but didn’t move forward. The hr is helpful, the hire manager round asked about system design questions, which I feel may cause the rejection.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Normal front end interview questions, implement a fetching api small task

Answer question

PayPal response

2mo

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Software Engineer Interview

21 May 2026

Anonymous employee

Accepted offer

Positive experience

Average interview

Application

I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at PayPal (Singapore) in Jul 2024

Interview

There is 1 technical (leetcode style, oop), 1 manageral and 1 director round for cultural fit. You have to pass each round to get an offer. The whole process takes around 1-2 weeks.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

tech: flatten multi-dimensional array, oop programming, sorting

Answer question

PayPal response

Thank you for sharing your interview experience and welcome to the PayPal family!

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Software Engineer Interview

7 Apr 2026

Anonymous interview candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Easy interview

Application

I interviewed at PayPal

Interview

PayPal response

1mo

Software Engineer Interview

16 Mar 2026

Anonymous interview candidate

No offer

Positive experience

Easy interview

Application

I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA)

Interview

Recruiter call was basic scan of resume understanding tech stack what i work on and my interests. Prepare your resume and be ready to state why you want to work for the company.

PayPal response

2mo

Software Engineer Interview

6 Mar 2026

Anonymous interview candidate

No offer

Neutral experience

Average interview

Application

I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA)

Interview

I interviewed 2 round, one front end, one hire manager, but didn’t move forward. The hr is helpful, the hire manager round asked about system design questions, which I feel may cause the rejection.

Interview questions [1]

Question 1

Normal front end interview questions, implement a fetching api small task

Answer question

PayPal response

2mo

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