I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks (Bengaluru) in May 2019
Interview
It was 5 rounds 1 telephonic 3 F2F with engineers and 1 with the Director of Engineering. If we pass there will be one more round with the hiring manager.
The process was really smooth and the HR team was friendly and helpful. I did moderate. They said that they will evaluate a few more candidates and let us know.
But I did not come out with any frustration, I came with a mindset like "I should have put extra effort, I should apply again after some time".
I did not know much about Redlock before. Once I came out after the interview, and a couple of days later I felt like I really missed a wonderful opportunity.
A good and challenging company.
Note: Redlock is part of Palo Alto Networks.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Data structures and SQL queries along with the Parking lot question.
I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks (Tel Aviv-Yafo)
Interview
Get info on the position and company/ team/ position
Tell about you self/ resume and tech stack
Describe a system you worked on
what are you looking for in you next position
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given a List of strings print the groups of anagrams
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Palo Alto Networks
Interview
Had a friend referred me, then I was reached by a recruiter. Quickly scheduled the first round, which was with the HM, after passing it, 3 final rounds were scheduled.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1st round is with the hiring manager, gave a coding problem (variation of graph problem word ladder) and asked for improvement (multi-thread). Didn't need to run and test code.
1st round is with the hiring manager, gave a coding problem (variation of graph problem word ladder) and asked for improvement (multi-thread). Didn't need to run and test code.
2nd round was with 2 engineers, this was a problem-solving round. Given a piece of code, how to improve it (multi-thread again). Only need to write sudo code.
3nd round was with 2 engineers again, a system design round. Not a typical system design problem, more like a real problem in the work.
There was a conversation with HR, and then I was scheduled for an interview with a team leader about my technology stack. According to the stack, he asked me deeper questions to check my understanding. The next interview consisted of a technical question, posed as a LeetCode problem, and a coding question.
