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      Backend Software Engineer Interview

      23 Oct 2016
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks in Sept 2015

      Interview

      Phone screen that covers systems level questions as well as basic data structures questions. There was also several questions about bash scripting and basic linux commands. Some questions regarding IPC were also asked. There were also questions on networking, such as the difference between TCP and UDP.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What's the difference between a process and a thread?
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      Backend Developer Interview

      2 Aug 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Tel Aviv-Yafo
      Declined offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks (Tel Aviv-Yafo) in Apr 2025

      Interview

      1 - Tell me about yourself. 2 - They told me about the group I was interviewing to. 3 - They asked me to describe a backend feature / project that I worked on. 4 - We've had a ping-pong question/answer discussion about the project I described previously.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      1 - They asked me about rate-limiting in microservices system. 2 - They asked me about failures between microservices and monolith. 3 - They asked me about load balancing.
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      Backend Developer Interview

      18 Feb 2025
      Anonymous interview candidate
      Tel Aviv-Yafo
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks (Tel Aviv-Yafo) in Jan 2025

      Interview

      Preparing for a phone interview covering architecture, features you've developed, and challenges involves focusing on several key areas. First, be ready to discuss the technologies you've worked with, such as Java, Spring Boot, Redis, Kafka, and AWS, and explain how you've applied architectural principles like microservices, monolithic designs, or event-driven systems. Highlight your experience with scalability, performance optimization, security measures, and ensuring system availability.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Be ready to describe the architecture of systems you've worked on, including: Tech stack: Languages, frameworks, databases, cloud services (e.g., Java, Spring Boot, Redis, Kafka, AWS, etc.). System design principles: Microservices, monolith, event-driven, etc. Scalability & performance: How you handled load, caching strategies, and optimizations. Security: Authentication, authorization, encryption, and data protection. Reliability & availability: HA (High Availability), failover mechanisms, monitoring/logging (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, etc.).
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      Backend Developer Interview

      27 Jun 2024
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks

      Interview

      Asked to design their product which they work on for several years in a one hour interview. They bombard with questions inticipating the candidate to have all the answers. Not a very clever way to interview.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Design a corporate browser that we'll have to be updated with policy
      Answer question
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