I applied through other source. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (San Jose, CA) in Mar 2014
Interview
My manager found me on LinkedIn. First, I did a phone screen, which I managed to convert into a Skype screen, because I've learned to not trust reception quality/consistency. After that, I was given a coding challenge in node.js. I was given it because I had no experience with node, so it would be a learning experience. However, I was expected to take only 3-4 hours with it, which is ludicrous (I took 12-16), and it wasn't even brought up during my onsite, which they said would happen.
As for the onsite, none of the questions were too hard/interesting, the questions varied (some high level, some algorithms, some more "cultural"), and everyone was fairly nice. They got back to me fairly quickly (like 2-3 days afterwards), which was cool. If it weren't for the random coding challenge, I would have rated this a positive experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a function that returns true if a passed in number is a power of 2.
I had a recruiter call and they said they would send me a link to a Karat interview round in a week but I never received it. I mailed the recruiter multiple times but got no response or communication about it
PayPal response
1mo
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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.
PayPal response
2mo
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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
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