Palo Alto Networks

Software Engineer Interview Experience - Israel

May 12, 2025

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Began with a short discussion with the HR representative.

Had a 30-minute phone conversation with the hiring manager to discuss a feature I developed.

Found it challenging to clearly explain the technical details over the phone, and the interview felt somewhat less structured and professional.

Questions

Describe a feature you have developed.

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 22 interview experiences for the Palo Alto Networks Software Engineer role in Israel.

Success Rate

Pass Rate

Palo Alto Networks's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Israel is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive36%

Neutral45%

Negative18%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Palo Alto Networks's Software Engineer interview process in Israel.

Palo Alto Networks Interview Questions

Longest Common Prefix

Easy

Find the longest string that is a prefix of all strings in a given array. If no common prefix exists, return an empty string.

ArraysStrings

LRU Cache

Medium

Design a data structure that acts as a Least Recently Used (LRU) cache. Implement methods to get and put key-value pairs, evicting the least recently used entry when the cache is full.

Linked ListsArraysDynamic Programming

Find the Longest Equal Subarray

Medium

Given an array and a maximum allowed difference, find the longest subarray where the most frequent element appears at least the same number of times as all other elements combined. You can change elements by at most the allowed difference amount to achieve this.

ArraysTwo PointersSliding Windows