First round started with recruiter. Second round was a phone call for a technical round and I was asked questions about data structures, complexity and some OOP basic questions. I was invited over for a super day to the PayPal office, there were 3 rounds. Two technical - OOP, programming questions and System design. Final round was with the hiring manager.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the Hashmap implementation in Java ? How does if handle collision ?
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at PayPal (Chicago, IL) in Apr 2024
Interview
5 stage interview process. Includes an external coding evaluation. In their very first communication PayPal lied about the scope of the coding test. I retracted my application midway through the first interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Code review some basic python dB class. Some silly 2page long algo riddle about silly string manipulation.
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at PayPal (Chennai) in Jul 2022
Interview
The First Round was a Coding round, I was asked Questions from Stacks and Queues, and a Dynamic Programming Question. I cleared the round. The second round was on Technical Strengths and system design. I was asked Java Technical Questions and a Logging Framework Design.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Design a Logging Framework for Different Logging Levels