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PayPal SDE 3 interview experience

Every PayPal SDE 3 interview written up on the site: the rounds, the questions asked, how candidates prepared and whether they got the offer.

PayPal SDE 3 interviews at a glance

Worked out from the 3 PayPal SDE 3 write-ups on this site.

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Oct 2025

What the rounds test

  • Data Structures & Algorithms6 · 60%
  • System Design3 · 30%
  • Other1 · 10%

Question difficulty

  • Easy2 · 50%
  • Medium1 · 25%
  • Hard1 · 25%

Roles covered

Locations

Chennai (1)

PayPal SDE 3 interview experiences1–3 of 3

Questions asked in PayPal SDE 3 interviews

  1. 01

    Purchase Optimization (Prefix Sum, Binary Search, Greedy)

    Data Structures & Algorithms

  2. 02

    Authorization and Cache-Control MCQs

    Other

  3. 03

    Linked List Manipulation (Create, Remove, Add)

    Data Structures & Algorithms

  4. 04

    System Design: BookMyShow Seating Arrangement LLD

    System Design · Hard

  5. 05

    Single Number

    Data Structures & Algorithms · Easy

  6. 06

    Move Zeroes

    Data Structures & Algorithms · Easy

  7. 07

    Design a Food Delivery Application

    System Design

  8. 08

    Decimal to Hexadecimal Conversion

    Data Structures & Algorithms

  9. 09

    String Compression

    Data Structures & Algorithms · Medium

  10. 10

    Parking Lot System Design

    System Design

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What does the PayPal SDE 3 interview focus on?

Across 3 PayPal SDE 3 interview experiences shared on Interview Experiences, the questions asked were mostly data structures & algorithms (60% of reported questions), system design (30% of reported questions), other (10% of reported questions).

How hard is the PayPal SDE 3 interview?

Candidates rated most PayPal SDE 3 questions as easy (50% of rated questions). Easy: 50%, Medium: 25%, Hard: 25%.

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