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PayPal

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Latest report Apr 2026View open roles ↗

THE LOOP

How the PayPal loop usually runs

Software Engineer

Based on 19 candidate reports, latest Apr 2026

Online assessment47%
Coding rounds79%
System design68%
Low-level or OO design16%
Hiring manager16%
Behavioral47%

Percentages are the share of reports that mention each stage. They come from what candidates wrote, not from an official process.

WHAT TO PREPARE

Topics that come up most

Software Engineer

Based on 19 candidate reports, latest Apr 2026

Arrays and strings5
Dynamic programming4
Concurrency4
SQL and data modeling4
Binary search3

Topic counts are the number of candidate reports that mention each topic. They are based on reported experiences, not an official company syllabus.

INTERVIEW QUESTION BANK

Prepare by role and interview round.

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SELECTED ROLE

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Access	Type	Question or experience	Open
Free preview	Experience	Senior Software Engineer (Python) - Paypal Sep 2025	→
Free preview	Experience	I Interviewed at PayPal — The Questions Were Tough, But This Surprised Me More (May 2025)	→
	Experience	PayPal Senior SWE Pool Hire Interview Experience (Apr 2026) Apr 2026	→
	Experience	PayPal Senior Software Engineer (Python), 3 YOE (Oct 2025, Offer)	→
	Experience	PayPal Java Backend Engineer, Experienced (Nov 2025, Offer)	→
	Experience	PayPal SDE 2, Bangalore (Sep to Nov 2024)	→
	Experience	PayPal SDE1 Interview, Referral, Three Rounds (Apr 2024, Rejected)	→
	Experience	Paypal Interview Feedback Mar 2026	→
	Experience	Senior Software Engineer (Python) - Paypal Feb 2026	→
	Experience	PayPal Interview Experience \| SDE2 \| Java \| Bangalore \| July 2025 Jan 2026	→
	Experience	SDE 3(Python) - Paypal \|\| Interview Experience Oct 2025	→
	Experience	Paypal interview last round Sep 2025	→
	Experience	Karat - Paypal interview exp Jul 2025	→
	Experience	PayPal SDE2 Interview Experience Jul 2025	→
	Experience	PayPal Interview Experience \| Jan 2025 \| FullStack Developer Jul 2025	→
	Experience	PayPal Interview Experience \| System Design \| Sr Software Engineer Dec 2025	→
	Experience	PayPal Interview Experience \| Rejected	→
	Experience	Interview Experience - PayPal	→
	Experience	Paypal Interview Experience \| SDE-3 (Nov 2023)	→

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