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      Software Engineer Interview

      12 Mar 2016
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Jose, CA
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks (San Jose, CA)

      Interview

      This is the worst interview ever! I had interviewed with so many companies before never met such rude and arrogant interviewer as I met here. They are not trained and not competent and unprofessional. They don't know how to do interview, I am a Java programmer and work on web application but the interviewer keep ask me kernel question even I told him I never did system programming before, and the director attitude is so rude and looks like somebody pissed him off when he first came in. He gave a question that is not well defined and ask me to write code, he did not even clear on the statement, and did not let me ask questions. And he said I think your previous Java skills are not fit for this C position without ask any further question, but he know what my skill set are on my resume before I came in. And then another interviewer came in and I asked can you explain what you do? He said now I am the interviewer asking question...I was so surprised by this answer, and these people did not even know the basic courtesy... I would never want join a group with this kind of culture....
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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.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Ask me about merge sort
      Answer question

      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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