The recruiter reached out on LinkedIn for a phone screen. After passing that they scheduled a technical interview with a hiring manager which included Leetcode medium level questions. After solving the question, they asked a lot of questions on optimizing the code.
Just had a simple call with early talent recruiter so far. Also had a hackerrank exercise. Hackerrank was not too difficult, work on leetcode and youll be good. Also looking for a decomposition interview at the end of the month
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (Washington, DC) in Sep 2025
Interview
Just completed the first round 15-20 minute phone screen. Why are you interested in defense tech. It was a few behavioral questions and nothing technical was asked. It was for forward deployed software engineer.
FDSE Internship applicants have rated the interview process at Palantir Technologies with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 36% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for FDSE Internship roles take an average of 90 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Palantir Technologies overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Palantir Technologies as a FDSE Internship according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 36%
Personality test: 18%
One on one interview: 18%
Presentation: 9%
Other: 9%
Skills test: 9%
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