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3935 interview stories from candidates at 857 companies: how each round went, what was asked and how it ended. Every company page links to practice questions in the same style.
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- Passed Two Fraud Rounds Despite a Rocky PerformancePayPal · Data Scientist · Onsite · Jan 2026In progress
I applied to a few PayPal positions before Christmas, and two of my applications got recruiter calls. One of them was for a Fraud DS role and moved to interviews fast. The interviewer was someone from the same team based in India, and the interview was at 10:30pm Eastern. They asked about fraud, statistics, SQL, and Python. The second round was with the hiring manager, also based in India, at aro…
- Two Brutal Phone Rounds on SQL, Python, and Airport Causal InferencePayPal · Data Scientist · Technical Screen · Dec 2025
Overall impression: it was really hard. First there was a 15-minute recruiter call. They asked briefly about my current job, why I was looking, and my visa/status situation, then said they'd send an email with the interview process. The phone interviews were two rounds total, each 1 hour. Round 1: coding (including SQL and Python), plus a case study. The SQL question was built around drivers and…
- Three Back-to-Back Onsite Rounds and a SQL StandoffPayPal · Data Scientist · Onsite · Jul 2025
Past experience, resume, explaining the role. Then they asked two case questions. Case 1: 3-level apartment plus 1 basement — find the best way to operate the elevator. Case 2: card risk — what will fraudsters do. Onsite: 3 rounds back-to-back. Risk/fraud scenario. Started off talking about my past experience, then the interviewer explained that this DS role isn't mainly about modeling. He gave m…
