I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies in Dec 2022
Interview
Initially talked to a recruiter on the phone. Was asked some questions about why I'm looking for a new job and what I currently work on and then scheduled an "analytical interview" for a few weeks after that. The analytical interview was one hour long (virtual) and did not involve any coding, but it was more like a high level design/problem solving question. It was not necessarily something you could really prep for imo (unlike a coding interview) Was told by the interviewer that I would hear back by the end of the week, which ended up not being the case. Was quite annoyed with this - only found out that they did not want to move forward because a third party recruiter that I was working with informed me of the decision. They did not provide useful feedback.
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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