I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies
Interview
I went through 2 stages of the interview but did not make it to the onsite assessment.
Stage 1. HR Interview where there they they gauge your suitability for the role
Stage 2 Data analysis interview -
The interview started with some questions about my experience and then the analytical interview
basically you are presented with a general question and some data/tables and I was was supposed to figure out the answer from the data provided
I was presented with a table of data containing some company financial transactions and I was asked how I would use the data to determine fraudulent transactions.
If you come up with a solution, you needed to critique you own answer/assumptions to see what problems there were with my initial solution and find ways to improve it
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
which project/working experience I found interesting and why
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.
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Palantir Technologies interviews FAQs
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 46.4% 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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