Palo Alto Networks Software Engineer interview experience

Got offer

Positive

Posted Oct 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through a process that felt heavily shaped by preparation lists, and that ended up being a bit misleading.

I’m a new grad and I did get an offer after the final round, but the way the steps were described in advance didn’t really match what I experienced.

The post I relied on mainly listed what I prepared, not what the actual prompts were. During the interviews, the preparation checklist didn’t seem to be treated like exact question mapping—so I spent time expecting a certain set of topics in a certain form, and then had to adjust when the final questions didn’t line up cleanly.

Even with that mismatch, I came away with an offer. My honest reflection was that the process still rewarded how well

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