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Software Engineer (New Grad) Interview Experience - Santa Clara, California

August 1, 2025
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

2 OAs: Codility and HireVue

Recruiter Screen: Behavioral Interview + Logistics

Onsite: 3 rounds of technical interviews with behavioral components.

There wasn't sufficient information provided on what to expect in the interviews to prepare; not even the type of interview each round would be. I also was not informed that the recruiter call was going to be a behavioral interview.

Questions

Discussed projects on my resume. Covered experience, system design, and coding (more design-oriented than LeetCode style). Addressed standard behavioral questions (around 2 in each technical round).

Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Palo Alto Networks Software Engineer (New Grad) role in Santa Clara, California.

Success Rate

0%
Pass Rate

Palo Alto Networks's interview process for their Software Engineer (New Grad) roles in Santa Clara, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

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Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Palo Alto Networks's Software Engineer (New Grad) interview process in Santa Clara, California.