Palo Alto Networks Software Engineer interview experience

After that, my loop turned into three back-to-back virtual rounds with very tight momentum. The structure was consistent: behavioral questions mixed into the early minutes of each session, then a main block of technical work.

Across the rounds, I dealt with both coding and design. One round leaned into a low-level design prompt that was framed a bit vaguely, and I had to clarify intent while thinking through architecture. Another round was centered on debugging—taking a broken, LeetCode-style solution and fixing what was wrong. The third round had a more design-heavy feel, including