Karat - Paypal interview exp
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Interview Experience: Senior Engineer Role (USA)

Interview Format (Approx. 60 mins):

1.	First 5 mins – Self Introduction + Background
•	Interviewer may ask clarifying questions based on your experience (e.g., domain expertise, scale of systems you’ve worked on)

2.	Next 20 mins – Domain-Specific Debugging / Code Review
•	You’re shown multiple code snippets
•	Asked to:
    •	Identify bugs
    •	Suggest performance improvements
    •	Apply OOP principles, design patterns, and clean code practices
    •	Emphasis on practical problem-solving rather than theory

3.	Final 30 mins – DSA-Style Problem
•	Not a direct LeetCode-style question
•	Requires solid language fluency, algorithmic thinking, and ability to reason through trade-offs

(sorry, but I did not copy the code so can not provide an actual question)
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