PayPal Interview Experience for Software Engineer Summer Internship 2023 (On-Campus)

Round 1- Online test on hackerrank

• 6 MCQs- aptitude, DSA application in real life, DBMS, difficulty level: easy
• 2 coding questions – difficulty level: medium 

20 people were selected for the technical interview. 

Round 2 – Technical interview 

It was a virtual interview for about 40 mins. The interviewer was very friendly and introduced himself.  He then asked me to introduce myself. After a brief introduction, he started asking questions.

• Oops, concept -what is meant by abstract class, and why do we use it?
• An approach to a coding qn -basic string manipulation and time complexity of my approach. 
• What do you know about SQL injection?
• SQL queries- I gave an answer using inner queries but he asked for a different answer using joins. I gave that too.
• An aptitude puzzle
• He asked me if I am aware of computer networks and software engineering. I told him we have those papers in the upcoming semester. 

Round 3- Managerial Round

• Introduction
• How adaptable are you
• Proud moment
• Failure in your life
• Strength, weakness, and what are the skills still you need to develop
• What do you know about PayPal
• Job Expectations
• What do you do if you don’t understand the problem statement
• What if your teammates don’t like your solution?

8 people were selected for the summer internship and I was one among them.