Pure Storage

Software Engineer - Linux Kernel Interview Experience - Palo Alto, California

April 14, 2026

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I applied online.

I had two rounds scheduled, one for concurrency and another for algorithms. The questions were standard, but there was more emphasis on concurrency. The recruiter scheduled the meetings, and in round 2 there would be three loop interviews.

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Interview Statistics

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Pure Storage's interview process for their Software Engineer - Linux Kernel roles in Palo Alto, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

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Candidates reported having very good feelings for Pure Storage's Software Engineer - Linux Kernel interview process in Palo Alto, California.

Pure Storage Work Experiences

Overall, a great place to work

Engineering Manager • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Great talent, good work, very seasoned leadership, employee friendly, good work-life balance.

Cons: Base salary needs market adjustment.

Overall, a great place to work

Engineering Manager • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Great talent, good work, very seasoned leadership, employee friendly, good work-life balance.

Cons: Base salary needs market adjustment.

Chaotic management, but nice for slackers

Software Engineering Manager • Former Employee

Prague, Czech Republic

Pros: High salary Good benefits Silent Friday - almost no one works

Cons: Huge LGBT (and other Leftist) propaganda. Very chaotic upper management; they don't know what they are doing most of the time. The company's profit makes it possible to make tons of mistakes and not be caught. The style of management punishes honest people and rewards exploiters.

Chaotic management, but nice for slackers

Software Engineering Manager • Former Employee

Prague, Czech Republic

Pros: High salary Good benefits Silent Friday - almost no one works

Cons: Huge LGBT (and other Leftist) propaganda. Very chaotic upper management; they don't know what they are doing most of the time. The company's profit makes it possible to make tons of mistakes and not be caught. The style of management punishes honest people and rewards exploiters.

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Data Engineer • Current Employee

January 5, 2026

Pros: There were nice people. The hiring process was really good. The benefits were really nice.

Cons: - Chaotic management. - Awful tech stack (Boomi and Reltio). - Terrible coffee. - Not a straightforward career path.

Data Engineer • Current Employee

January 5, 2026

Pros: There were nice people. The hiring process was really good. The benefits were really nice.

Cons: - Chaotic management. - Awful tech stack (Boomi and Reltio). - Terrible coffee. - Not a straightforward career path.

Overall, a great place to work

Engineering Manager • Former Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Great talent, good work, very seasoned leadership, employee friendly, good work-life balance.

Cons: Base salary needs market adjustment.

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Overall, a great place to work
Engineering Manager • Former Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
March 26, 2022
Pros: Great talent, good work, very seasoned leadership, employee friendly, good work-life balance.
Cons: Base salary needs market adjustment.

Chaotic management, but nice for slackers

Software Engineering Manager • Former Employee

Prague, Czech Republic

Pros: High salary Good benefits Silent Friday - almost no one works

Cons: Huge LGBT (and other Leftist) propaganda. Very chaotic upper management; they don't know what they are doing most of the time. The company's profit makes it possible to make tons of mistakes and not be caught. The style of management punishes honest people and rewards exploiters.

3.0
Chaotic management, but nice for slackers
Software Engineering Manager • Former Employee
Prague, Czech Republic
March 27, 2025
Pros: High salary Good benefits Silent Friday - almost no one works
Cons: Huge LGBT (and other Leftist) propaganda. Very chaotic upper management; they don't know what they are doing most of the time. The company's profit makes it possible to make tons of mistakes and not be caught. The style of management punishes honest people and rewards exploiters.

h

Data Engineer • Current Employee

January 5, 2026

Pros: There were nice people. The hiring process was really good. The benefits were really nice.

Cons: - Chaotic management. - Awful tech stack (Boomi and Reltio). - Terrible coffee. - Not a straightforward career path.

4.0
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Data Engineer • Current Employee
Prague
January 5, 2026
Pros: There were nice people. The hiring process was really good. The benefits were really nice.
Cons: - Chaotic management. - Awful tech stack (Boomi and Reltio). - Terrible coffee. - Not a straightforward career path.

Pure Storage Interview Questions

Valid Square

Determine if four given points in a 2D plane form a valid square. A valid square has four equal sides and four right angles.

ArraysGreedy Algorithms

Palindromic Substrings

Find the number of palindromic substrings within a given string. Consider each single character and repeated characters as a substring.

StringsDynamic Programming

Design Skiplist

Implement a Skiplist data structure that supports efficient search, insertion, and deletion of elements. A Skiplist is a probabilistic data structure with multiple levels of linked lists.

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