I applied online. I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks (New Delhi) in Apr 2021
Interview
I applied for the position of Senior Software Engineer. I completed my first round and then got a call from HR to schedule interview for 2nd round. No one turned up for the 2nd round. I kept waiting at the zoom link the HR had provided. After 10 minutes I called HR that no one turned up. She apologized and said she will reschedule it. I waited for couple of more days. But no call/mail. Then I emailed and also called HR but no response which I think was very unprofessional.
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I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks (Tel Aviv-Yafo)
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Question 1
Given a List of strings print the groups of anagrams
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks
Interview
Had a friend referred me, then I was reached by a recruiter. Quickly scheduled the first round, which was with the HM, after passing it, 3 final rounds were scheduled.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1st round is with the hiring manager, gave a coding problem (variation of graph problem word ladder) and asked for improvement (multi-thread). Didn't need to run and test code.
1st round is with the hiring manager, gave a coding problem (variation of graph problem word ladder) and asked for improvement (multi-thread). Didn't need to run and test code.
2nd round was with 2 engineers, this was a problem-solving round. Given a piece of code, how to improve it (multi-thread again). Only need to write sudo code.
3nd round was with 2 engineers again, a system design round. Not a typical system design problem, more like a real problem in the work.
There was a conversation with HR, and then I was scheduled for an interview with a team leader about my technology stack. According to the stack, he asked me deeper questions to check my understanding. The next interview consisted of a technical question, posed as a LeetCode problem, and a coding question.