I applied online. The process took 1+ week. I interviewed at PayPal (Chennai) in Sep 2016
Interview
6 rounds of interview
* telephonic screening
* first round - alogorithm for a board game, and simple java questions
* second round - Data Structures (linked list and tree)
* third - Design related questions
* fourth - Manager Round
* fifth - Technical round on what we worked.
* sixth - Director from Risk team asked about docker/eventual consistency
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Using seeding technique (like torrents) how patches are applied to the containers in the cluster?
After recruiter screening, there were four rounds. Two technical rounds, system design and hiring manager. Technical rounds were medium leetcode types. System design round asked about URL shortening service combined with hiring manager round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
In technical rounds, sorting algorithm, array manipulation, java collection framework.
Two interviews, one just a general question interview asking basic questions like experience, why I want to work at paypal, weaknesses etc. Seciond was with engineer with system architecture questions
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions are sepcific to experience. Why you implemented this system using X instead of Y?
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Very responsive and understanding the candidate.
They cared about my concerns and changed the pace of the interview process. They listen to the candidate properly.
Very responsive and understanding the candidate.
They cared about my concerns and changed the pace of the interview process. They listen to the candidate properly.