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      Software Engineer Interview

      Mar 8, 2022
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Lutherville Timonium, MD
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (Lutherville Timonium, MD) in Dec 2020

      Interview

      This was the most awful interview experience I have ever had. Interviewer were extremely disrespectful to me. It was really obvious to me that it intentional. All 3 interviewer were indians and I am an indian as well. So, they actually thought they can behave in whatever manner they want .I gave this interview in December 2020 and no one ever asked me for feedback. I am obligated to give name of my interviewer because they were so bad. Edited(Glassdoor does not allow to use peoples name) Interview was a 2 hour panel interview. Some questions on resume, coding problem and last were questions on problem. All 3 were extremely disrespectful. One of the staff engineer was shouting the entire time in interview. I felt like I suspected of some crime and bought into custody for questioning. Coding question was wrongly presented to me. When asked for clarification question, they said yes time can start at higher number and end at lower number. This means the problem is different. When they saw problem statement is wrong, they flipped and said - numbers are not time they are just numbers. Function needs return if given range fits in the problems. They were unable to follow anything I was talking through. Had no interest and were unable to understand the approach I explained. Once I had the code ready they just wanted me to run the code against provided input (Yes code share was a compiler not a plain text editor). They obviously did not have ability to tell whether code will work or not without actually running it. Some of the design questions Niraj Giri asked were actually the project he was working on. When I raised objection he started shouting and started insulting and belittle me. Please do not even plan to interview in this place. This is a really Toxic place. If you are giving interview my recommendation is plan to record it. Avoid signing NDA. If you have similar experience please make recording public. I would have definitely done it I knew I am going to have such bad experience. I would also recommend to not allow them to use a tool where you can compile code. Asked them to use a plain text editor have them determine if code can run or not. Couple weeks after giving this interview I gave interview with Google and Rivian and cleared with flying colors. I joined Rivian as Sr. Software Engineer. You can tell by the way tech interview is conducted, what type of person other person is. I am really happy with my decision to join Rivian.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Given the array of times, return if input time is available for a meeting.
      Answer question
      1

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      Neutral experience
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      I interviewed at PayPal

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      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

      Mar 16, 2026
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      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.
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      PayPal response
      2mo
      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

      Mar 6, 2026
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      San Jose, CA
      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
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      PayPal response
      3mo
      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!