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      Principal Software Engineer In Test Interview

      27 Feb 2024
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Santa Clara, CA

      Other Principal Software Engineer In Test interview reviews for Palo Alto Networks

      Principal Software Engineer In Test Interview

      12 Jul 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Santa Clara, CA
      No offer
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks (Santa Clara, CA) in Feb 2024

      Interview

      My interview experience with Palo Alto was unprofessional. The interviewer didn't introduce themselves and immediately sent a Codility coding challenge. They insisted on Python, even though I'm primarily a Java developer. The challenge involved encoding strings like this: ['a', 'a', 'b', 'b', 'c', 'c', 'c'] -> ['a', '2', 'b', '2', 'c', '3']."

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      if input is chars = ["a","a","b","b","c","c","c"] output should be output = ["a","2","b","2","c","3"] and if the input is like chars = ["a","b","b","c","c","c"] output should be output = ["a","b","2","c","3"] and if the input is like chars = ["a","b","b","c","c","c","c","c","c","c","c","c","c","c","c"] output should be output = ["a","b","2","c","1","2"]...do not use any data structures
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      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks (Santa Clara, CA) in Mar 2025

      Interview

      1. Hiring manager will interview and will ask technical questions 2. if hiring manager likes, then schedules for next interview,jumps into coding problems. Leet code problems. 3. Prepare well sorting algorithms

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1. Merge sort, bubble sort and string manupulations
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