I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies in Jun 2016
Interview
A recruiter first reached out to me by email to schedule a phone call, then afterwards the first phone call was with the recruiting agent. I was asked about my background, we went down my resume together. The recruiter was probably one of the most friendly people I've encountered while interviewing for tech companies, and gave a very thorough description of not only the company, but of the position itself. The recruiter was much more knowledgeable than I was expecting, and was very helpful in giving tips on how to prepare for the next steps.
In a follow-up technical phone interview, we shared a code editor, and after solving the technical challenge, we chatted briefly about basic computer science topics, and the interviewer also went in to detail on answering about his job there. Really nice guy as well!
I'm currently waiting to hear back.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was the hardest challenge that you've faced, and are most proud of? What technology have you most enjoyed working with? Also, asked what challenges I faced in my previous jobs and how I overcame them.
I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY)
Interview
I directly gave the technical interview, which was about 50 minutes long. The interviewer was nice, and the interview itself felt collaborative, where I could ask questions and share various problem-solving approaches.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies
Interview
I applied with a referral
Multiple rounds -
1. HR screen
2. decomposition round
3. onsite with 3 interviews (coding, learning, and decomposition)
4. hiring manager (didn't make it past this one)
Took them about 5 weeks after the hiring manager round to update me that I wasn't selected
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The hiring manager round got really deep into my career motivations
I had behavioral interviews and then 4 in person interviews. The behavioral was straightforward. There was also a data query interview where they taught you a new "language" and had you execute basic queries in it. Then there was a system design interview. I had two of these. The last one they asked me if I was deployed to the moon to identify new species of alien what kind of system would I build.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you were deployed to the moon to identify new species of alien what kind of system would I build.
Forward Deployed Engineer 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 60% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Forward Deployed Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 150 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 Engineer according to 150 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 39%
One on one interview: 27%
Skills test: 18%
Personality test: 5%
Presentation: 4%
Group panel interview: 3%
Background check: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 1%
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