Palo Alto Networks Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Medium

Negative

United StatesPosted Jul 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My experience wasn’t just about the technical work—it was also shaped by communication issues that threw off the whole timeline.

I went through early stages with recruiters, and the process initially started positively. Then, suddenly, the updates stopped completely: no replies to emails, no answers to phone calls, and no clear next step.

At one point, I even scheduled an interview and then the interviewer didn’t show up. That compounded the frustration because it made the silence feel even more unprofessional. The technical parts never really got a fair chance to play out once I was stuck waiting without feedback.

Difficulty-wise, I wouldn’t even call it “hard” because the biggest obstacle was logistics rather than

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