Palo Alto Networks Software Engineer interview experience

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San Diego, CAPosted Sep 2022 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After a recruiter stage, I ended up going through three rounds total.

The first was a coding and algorithms interview where I was asked one easy problem, then a medium-hard one, and the interviewer followed up right after with discussion around my approach.

The second round was system design, and it felt intentionally close to the kinds of problems the team actually works on. I remember focusing on how to reason through requirements and trade-offs rather than just producing a diagram.

For the last round, I spoke with a manager. It had a different vibe than the technical rounds, and it centered more on how I’d think and collaborate, not just whether I could

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