Staff Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Palo Alto Networks with 2.8 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 48.6% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Staff Software Engineer roles take an average of 21 days to get hired, when considering 10 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Palo Alto Networks overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Palo Alto Networks as a Staff Software Engineer according to 10 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 25%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 19%
Group panel interview: 13%
Background check: 13%
Personality test: 6%
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A naive junior resource would be taking first round.
Looks like the panel wants to compare their package with that of yours. They ask about ur current compensation, expected CTC etc
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Can't believe technical panel asked package details, its pathetic. Technical recruiters are hopeless
I applied online. I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks in Apr 2026
Interview
I got an OA first and then there were three rounds, all are virtual and technical. First round is kind of basic System design coding question and next is fix the bug in the code. Final round was changing a code more of like OOPS thing.
I applied online. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks in May 2025
Interview
Recruiter(Me'shel Babish) reached out on an online application. Spoke a lot and gave her cell phone number.
Arranged a call with hiring manager. Asked to call to update after the interview. It went good. He concluded that he will work with the recruiter to arrange the next round. The recruiter just ghosted without any update. For whatever reason they decided not to move forward recruiters not having professional courtesy is not a good sign of culture.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks (Tel Aviv-Yafo)
Interview
Very nice team lead. Described the company and the product. Then some architecture questions. Then one technical question: shuffling an array, then optimization for that algorithm. The experience was nice.