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Palantir Technologies interviews FAQs
Forward Deployed Software Engineer Intern applicants have rated the interview process at Palantir Technologies with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 38% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Forward Deployed Software Engineer Intern roles take an average of 40 days to get hired, when considering 16 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 Forward Deployed Software Engineer Intern according to 16 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 36%
Skills test: 27%
One on one interview: 23%
Personality test: 9%
Presentation: 5%
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I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (London, England) in Nov 2024
Interview
They reached out to me after 2 Months of having my application. I was asked to complete a Hackerrank as a first screening. The screening is very similiar in style and content to the Hackerrank certification as software engineer.
The Behavioural interview with HR was a fairly standard 30 minute chat. After which they decided not to proceed with me as a candidate for this role.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you want to work specifically for palantir?
I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY)
Interview
Project build in foundry -> onsite -> hiring manager. Insanely slow process. It took them forever to get back to me after hiring manager, almost two full weeks. Almost excepted elsewhere in that time
First they just send you a phone screen to talk more about your background, why forward deployed vs normal swe, and some behavioral stuff. The first technical round was a code pair interview using hackerrank and microsoft teams. It was barely DSA, mainly just needed a for loop and hash table.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Do you know the different between forward deployed and normal SWE? Why do you want to do forward deployed?
I applied online. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY) in Feb 2026
Interview
I had a 30 minute phone screen with a deployment strategist. The call went really well. They asked me mostly about my resume, projects, and general background even though I was expecting it to be technical in some way.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was a project you did either at work or outside of your work that was challenging to you?