I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (Washington, DC) in May 2024
Interview
Recruiter reached out and we had an initial call. Then had a technical screen a week later. Finally, there was a round of 3 interviews that were both technical and non-technical.
One of my interviewers failed to fully explain the instructions to me, only to clarify 30 minutes in that I was supposed to be writing down everything I was telling him.
Another of the interviewers interrupted me while I was coding the solution with a confusing optimization recommendation that he spent 15 minutes explaining out of the 20 minutes remaining in the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Signed NDA, but fairly typical interview questions
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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