Palo Alto Networks Software Engineer interview experience

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Atlanta, GAPosted Oct 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My process started with an initial chat where a manager talked through my background and screened me for fit.

After that, I moved into a technical screen and an interview with team members, which was where the real technical part showed up.

Then I had a round with stakeholders—people I’d potentially work with day to day—focused less on deep algorithms and more on whether I seemed like a good working partner. The final hurdle was an interview with a director, and that was the last step.

It was an organized, multi-stakeholder journey that felt pretty consistent round to round. I ended up getting an offer, and the overall feeling was that the process was designed to confirm both technical and

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