PayPal Interview Experience (On-Campus)
Last Updated :
12 Dec, 2023
Round 1(Coding Round)
This round primarily consisted of two code questions. The first is a dynamic programming question, and the second is an implementation question (the question is simple, but the implementation is extensive).
- You have two hours to answer these questions.
- Around 1200 students took the exam, and 53 were chosen for an interview.
- I was able to answer the implementation-based questions and half answer the dp questions, and I was selected for the interview.
Round 2(Coding Interview)
This round was essentially a live coding round, and the interviewer supplied a URL with me where we could both code concurrently.
- In this round, I was asked two code questions.
- I thought the second question was excellent. I initially used a brute force technique, but the interviewer asked me to optimise it. I couldn’t figure out the logic at first, so the interviewer gave me a suggestion “Think in terms of strings.” Then I did some preliminary study and was finally able to decipher the logic.
- I used the Level-order-Traversal technique in my logic, and the interviewer was impressed enough to ask me to code it. I completed it.
- The entire procedure was quite smooth, and the interviewer was also extremely kind and supportive.
Round 3(HR):
The interview started with an introduction and then some normal talk about my college he gave me a question and asked me to explain the logic
- The question was, In a scenario, I was standing in a room with three light switches. Each corresponds to a different light bulb in another room that I cannot see. If all the light switches are off, how do I find out which one turns on which bulb?
- I gave the correct logic for this, and he was satisfied with my logic.
- With just a little informal conversation, the entire interview process went quite smoothly, and all of the interviewers were extremely nice and supportive.
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