I applied through other source. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (Bengaluru) in Jul 2021
Interview
Interview process was good overall here are some basic highlights
Round 1 was pretty good asked me about basic networking question and then on Direct connect ,TGW ,and few scenario based questions
Round 2 was awesome I liked the guy who took the interview and I was able to answer 90% of question.
Round 3 was from US and was pretty straightforward not too much technical .
For some reason I was rejected need to figure out why maybe they wanted more skill sets from me but I would definitely like to work with the team in the future.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Basic Networking AWS Direct connect ,TGW ,VPC's monitoring BYOIP etc
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I applied in-person. I interviewed at PayPal (Bengaluru) in May 2021
Interview
4 rounds of interview
3 rounds of technical and 1 manager
First 2 rounds were okay and I was able answer their design questions but they were looking for very specific answers and not the approach taken.
3rd round of interview was quite disappointing as the interviewer had "I know everything" attitude and to most of my answer he would laugh sarcastically and deny the answer which was very unprofessional .
4th Manager round was semi-formal and we discussed on network designs and he seemed quite confident with me .
After 5 long weeks of interview process I never got any feedback from Paypal . which was another disappointing thing as you would expect something when you spent hours interviewing with a reputed company .
Interesting thing which Happened ---> I got call from 2 different 3rd party recruiters for the Same role and got know Paypal has been looking for this role for past 9 months . Which I am curious to know how their leadership is okay with this as it seems like they are interviewing to only reject .
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
aws network design and some network arch questions
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at PayPal (Bengaluru) in Mar 2021
Interview
The interview was for cloud backbone engineer and it had 2 members as a panel one seemed like from networking background and other from cloud. The process started with networking questions and one from the panel seemed very much sarcastic for all the answers which I would say. The questions were not like straight forward so the answers also wont be perfect and straight forward and I tried my best to give the answer based on my experience. For every answer he would giggle and say "no that is not how its done" each and every company will have its own design I felt it was very unprofessional, never had such a experience before. And then they came to cloud related questions. The position was for 5-7 years exp position and they were expecting architect level experience person to this role. I felt I answered most of the cloud questions fairly but they were not satisfied with me not giving answers to their most stupid problems. And at the end he is asking me to go for other position which they are hiring for,I thankfully denied.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Transit GW,Security VPC with firewalls,direct connect designs,traceroute working,BGP
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