I recently interviewed for a MTS position at PayPal. The process consisted of five rounds: First screening with Karat where few scenario based question and 2 easy to medium level coding questions were asked. Round 1: The first round was an online coding assessment consisting of two medium-level coding problems focused on data structures and algorithms. The problems were straightforward, and I was able to solve both within the time limit. Round 2: System design - The interviewer asked about scaling, data consistency, and handling concurrent uploads and search functionality across files. Role Specialization: This was focused on Java, Spring Boot, and system design. The questions were quite detailed, covering multi-threading, microservices architecture, and database design. The interviewer was technical and engaged, but the questions were fair. Leadership Round: The final round was focused on leadership principles, handling conflicts, and decision-making in a team environment. Unfortunately, this round left a negative impression. The interviewer seemed overly focused on work-life balance and working hours. He stated that PayPal also expects employees to work from 9 AM to 10:30 PM regularly with couple of breaks in between and implied that this would be expected. This raised some concerns about work-life balance and the overall culture.

It was good with very smooth introductory questions followed by the problem solving questions. Then System Design round was conducted. Final round was managerial. HR discussed in a smooth way with detailed information