**Total Rounds**: 1 OA  + 3 Interviews\n\n**OA**: The initial step involved an online assessment comprising two easy/medium coding questions and 30 multiple-choice questions covering aptitude topics.\n\n**Round 1**:  The first interview round began with a High-Level Design (HLD) question centered around designing a social media website. This was followed by a straightforward string manipulation coding question and a discussion on DBMS and backend concepts (majorily REST APIs).\n\n**Round 2**: In the second round, I encountered a medium-level coding question based on hashmap data structure, as well as several SQL queries. Additionally, there were some question about my previous internship experiences.\n\n**Round 3**: The final round was conducted with the Director of Engineering. This stage involved tackling two open-ended questions related to ongoing projects at PANW and discussing approaches to addressing them. We also talked about my past internship experiences.\n\n**Verdict**: Selected\n\nCompensation Details: https://leetcode.com/discuss/compensation/5091279/Palo-Alto-Networks-or-New-Grad-Software-Engineer-or-2024

Total Rounds: 1 OA  + 3 Interviews\n\nOA: The initial step involved an online assessment comprising two easy/medium coding questions and 30 multiple-choice ques