Staff Software Engineer Interview Experience - Santa Clara, California
Process
The recruiter was very quick in getting the interview scheduled.
However, the phone interviewer seemed pretty arrogant and gave negative feedback throughout the interview. I answered all the questions but still got a rejection.
God knows what he was looking for.
Negative experience.
Questions
fork system call
read/fread
process address space
race condition
deadlock
implement stack using linked list
big endian/little endian
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Palo Alto Networks Staff Software Engineer role in Santa Clara, California.
Success Rate
Palo Alto Networks's interview process for their Staff Software Engineer roles in Santa Clara, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Palo Alto Networks's Staff Software Engineer interview process in Santa Clara, California.
Palo Alto Networks Work Experiences
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