Palo Alto Networks Software Engineer interview experience

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Tel Aviv-YafoPosted Apr 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

The interviews I went through felt noticeably difficult right from the beginning, and they leaned hard into algorithms depth.

Early on, I joined a zoom meeting where they explained the flow and then later went to their office to take a test with two major algorithm questions plus a smaller Python-focused prompt related to communication networking. The questions were clearly beyond “medium” LeetCode—more like proper algorithm challenges—and I had to push through without overthinking.

The next step became a front-facing technical discussion with a team leader, and it was even more stressful because it felt like the evaluation depended on how well I handled a specific technical question live. I walked out with the

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