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      Software Engineer Interview

      20 Nov 2020
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Declined offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks

      Interview

      The worst interview experience that I have ever had in my entire life. I have interviewed from small scale startups to Faang companies. I can easily differentiate between a good interviewer and a bad interviewer. When I interviewed for a Software Engineer position. A hiring manager (Lady) interviewed me and half of the interview was totally on machine learning and neural networks. I clearly mentioned I am only interested in software engineering roles and the position itself is a software engineering role. She kept on asking me questions on machine learning. And the worst part comes when I was asked to code out a problem (An Array), I was not given a choice to choose a programing language that i am most comfortable with, However they wanted me to only code on the language they wanted. This is the most dumbest thing that I ever saw, Any interviewer with common sense would look out for the analytical thinking and problem solving skills in a candidate, not how good is writing the syntax of some programming language, I mean its just syntax that he need to be perfect. Infact somehow i was able to finish the code and run it succesfully. however i took lot of time to correct the stupid syntax and I believe they judged me on basis of that. WORST WORST TRASHY interview experience. I will never join or advice my friends to join a firm which hires people who are good in remembering syntax instead of hiring people with good problem skills and brains. Infact i am happy that i got rejected

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      leetcode medium based array question
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      Other Software Engineer interview reviews for Palo Alto Networks

      Software Engineer Interview

      24 May 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks

      Interview

      Telling about myself and asking questions to an interviewer, telling about the job I worked at recently. In addition, there were coding and architecture questions. Overall the interview was average, the people were nice and it was a good experience.

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      Question 1

      Ask me about merge sort
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      Software Engineer Interview

      20 Apr 2026
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks

      Interview

      An easy tech interview starting with a friendly chat, simple coding questions, and clear expectations. The interviewer guides you, values problem solving, and focuses on understanding rather than trick questions.

      Software Engineer Interview

      22 Feb 2026
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks

      Interview

      First online assessment and then recruiter screen call. The position was filled before I could move forward with the technical rounds. The communication was quite simple and easy forward for everyone.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Bit background and normal HR based questions in screening round.
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