I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY) in Oct 2025
Interview
First Recruiter Phone Screen - grinded hard on theoretical technical questions. Asked about previous experiences, tradeoffs, decisions, and if you were satisfied or not satisfied from your previous employer. Overall it was good
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was something that didn't satisfy you in your previous work experience?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (London, England) in Oct 2025
Interview
first Online Assessment, which contains 2 medium-easy leetcode style questions and 1 Rest API design. then phone screen, which is a behavioral kind of questions. then Technical leetcode style questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
on phone screen, about the projects and experiences, also why palantir, if I am applying to any other company, If I have a competitive offers.
on Technical, since they might ask you more than 1 question don't take ur time on the first one, the question was designing a round robin kind of system, its using hashmap and lists
Applied to position, first round is 15 min recruiter intro phone call before doing any leetcode questions. Asked about why company, experiences on the resume, basic background info (sponsorship, willingness to relocate). The next rounds should be technical questions and coding.
Software Engineer - New Grad applicants have rated the interview process at Palantir Technologies with 3.4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 48% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer - New Grad roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 48 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 Software Engineer - New Grad according to 48 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 44%
One on one interview: 27%
Skills test: 16%
Presentation: 8%
Group panel interview: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Personality test: 2%
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