I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies in Sep 2021
Interview
First it was a phone screen, then a technical interview, then lastly a final virtual round. That final round was 3 rounds of technical interviews with an engineering team. Then I would've spoken to a hiring manager but I didn't get that far.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies in Nov 2025
Interview
You first do a coding challenge with an engineer and if that goes well you do the full round. The full round is two interviews. One is a system design interview and then a second is the learning interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They give you a fake SQL language with documentation and ask you to use it to solve a variety of questions.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies in Oct 2025
Interview
1. Screening and role fit.
- Brief behavioural interview assessing communication, collaboration, and role fit.
2. Technical 1 - Decomposition
- Very high level system design (keep simple)
- Eg: How would you build a food delivery app?
3. Technical 2 - Learning
- Hard to describe, look to see how you learn on the fly.
- Seeing how you approach never seen code. It’s generally simple but requires more than 30 mins to fully wrap head around (which is the point).
4. Technical 3 - Coding
- Leetcode medium arrays.
- Basic coding but keep communicating. Not structured exactly as a leetcode question though.
In summary, the interviewers are looking for you to be very communicative. All technicals started with behavioural questions where they’re trying to grasp your personality and fit for the role. Talk as much as possible about anything. Have fun and try your best!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Whats a recent example of conflict you've faced in your professional career?
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY) in Aug 2024
Interview
Round 1: Online Assessment
Round 2: Phone Screen with recruiter (no pressure, just explain interests)
Round 3: Technical Interview under pressure. Leet code medium question. Program with engineer. 30 minute interview, 20 minutes to code so very tight time crunch.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked a Leet Code Medium, but had to read documentation under pressure. Was not as wholistic and supportive as other interviewers.
Foward Deployed Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Palantir Technologies with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 25% positive. To compare, the company-average is 46.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Foward Deployed Engineer roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 8 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 Foward Deployed Engineer according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 31%
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 23%
Personality test: 8%
IQ intelligence test: 8%
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