Forward Deployed Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Palantir Technologies with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 49% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Forward Deployed Software Engineer roles take an average of 36 days to get hired, when considering 177 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 according to 177 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 39%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 8%
Other: 3%
Personality test: 3%
Group panel interview: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Background check: 1%
Drug test: 1%
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I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (Palo Alto, CA) in Jul 2012
Interview
Their website describes the process well. I had a few phone interviews (with maybe 1-2 technical questions per call), and then was flown to their HQ in Palo Alto. You sign an NDA when you walk in, so I'm not sure how specific I can get but, as their site says, there is a series of technical interviews lasting ~45 minutes each. My questions mostly related to data structures and algorithms. Some were easy, others were challenging, but they are doable if you don't give up and ask for hints when you need them.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Modify existing data structure X so that it can also do Y.
Applied on their website and then received an email from a recruiter to schedule a phone screening. I expected to be interviewed by the recruiter (the person who sent me the email) but instead was called by one of their engineers.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me what was the hardest challenge I solved and then asked how SLAM works.
Had a chat with HR and then a technical interview with an engineer. They gave some some quite normal leatcode type questions that I had to answer to continue to the next steps.
I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY)
Interview
I have so far completed the 20 minute recruiter call, which was an easy behavioral. They asked me what I'm looking for in a job and what I do at my current role.