PayPay Backend Engineer interview questions

Interview process started with online coding assessment (4 problems, 70 mins). I would say it consists of 2 easy + 2 medium leetcode questions. You don't need to score perfectly to pass. If you pass, you will be invited to initial recruiter call to talk about your experience and role. Then goes into a series of elimination rounds: coding/LLD, system design, hiring manager(behavioral). If you pass all of them, they will invite you to offer meeting. The whole interview process takes about 2 months, but the process and steps are pretty clear. Overall it is a good experience.

I went through three rounds of interviews: backend fundamentals, live coding + system design, and a bar raiser. Unfortunately, I got rejected in the system design round. The challenge wasn't the topic itself, it was actually within my area of expertise. But I struggled to understand the interviewer. His English was difficult to grasp, and I had to ask him to repeat himself multiple times. He also wasn’t very direct in his communication, which made it hard for me to understand what exactly he was looking for.