The hiring process at Palo Alto takes an average of 14 days when considering 10 user submitted interviews across all job titles. To compare, the average duration of hiring at similar companies like BlackRock, Inc. is 14 days, Fabricated Software, Inc. is 2 days, and Apple Inc. is 21 days. Candidates applying for Medical Assistant had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Technical Support Engineer roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 21 days).
Phone call with the recruiter.
60 minutes with the hiring manager. General discussion and leetcode.
90 minute technical interview.
90 minutes design interview.
HR was very friendly, but the process was disorganized. I was asked the same questions multiple times across different interviews. Some interviewers seemed disengaged, and it was clear they were working during the interview.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
rate lmiter question from https://interviewing.io/mocks/google-python-rate-limiter and anagram from https://leetcode.com/problems/valid-anagram/description/
phone interview asked some tech information and discussion about my past job was very interesting and gave me some information about the company and the job was very good and informative
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Palo Alto (Tel Aviv-Yafo) in Feb 2024
Interview
The first part was that I got an email that i got an interview for test. Then there was a zoom meeting to explain about the interview process, and an invite to take a test on the job location. The test took 2 hours and was in a room with many other applicants.