Software Engineer(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 43% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 24 days to get hired, when considering 119 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(Internship) according to 119 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 38%
One on one interview: 18%
Presentation: 15%
Skills test: 15%
Background check: 4%
Drug test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
Personality test: 2%
Other: 1%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies in Oct 2017
Interview
There was an initial online coding challenge (on Hacker rank), which was pretty standard. Afterwards they gave me a phone call asking about my interests, and some other standard questions (talk about past work on my resume, why do you want to join Palantir...)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The online coding challenge (on hackerrank) was quite standard, they gave a time sequence of stock pricing and a list of buys/sells for several people (at different times), and asked you to identify those trades that lead to a large gain (or avoided a large loss) within 3 days of the trade.
Afterwards they gave me a phone call asking where my interests were, but for some reason I didn't seem to have a very productive conversation with the interviewer, perhaps we just didn't get along that well (the fact that it was a phone call and not Skype/face-to-face probably contributed). They asked a lot of "why" questions (Why did you study CS, why did you choose to work on xxx... why do you not like xxx...) and to me there's no good "why" to a lot of these things (I mean, I do what I like, and I either like something or I don't). I'd've preferred it if they'd asked me directly what fields I am interested in, examples of projects I would / would not be interested in, etc.
In the end they sent an email saying they didn't have a suitable position for me, which was kind of unfortunately as Palantir was actually one of the companies I was more interested in at that time.
First, individuals submit their information and undergo an initial review phase. Then, a series of general conversations occur to assess mutual suitability. Ultimately, leadership makes a final selection for placement.
I applied online. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies in May 2026
Interview
1. 20 minute behavioral interview a few weeks after applying
2. 90 minute OA through hackerrank, 3 problems of easy-med leetcode difficulty, completable within 5 days, was immediately sent link after behavioral interview
3. 45 minute technical coding, medium leetcode, sent about 2 days after completing the OA
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why choose Palantir, what about tech interests you, how do you use AI in daily life, etc.
Just the pre-screen behavioral round, was asked: why are you choosing to get your master's degree, what classes do you enjoy, what are you looking for in an internship? Seemed like just a deep dive on my interests, didn't even ask why palantir.