The company looks to be a pretty cool place to work, hiring process is odd though. I applied for the position and received an invitation to attend a group interview that started at 5PM on a work night. As part of the interview I was asked to come up with a way to sort AP bills that needed to be paid and then explain how/why I chose that specific method, not too bad if you have had some AP/finance experience. After that test I was ushered into a 1:1 interview with finance team member. Nice guy, seemed thoroughly interested in finding the right person for the job and getting to know me and who I was. Odd note, he used a lot of very informal language c***, sh**, etc. I wasn't sure if he was just being candid or seeing if I would follow along and use the same language. After the interview I was given a demo of Palantir's software, it was very interesting.
I was asked to return a week later for a second interview. This interview was during the work day and was with 4 different people. The first interview was a bit awkward as the interviewer came off as overly aggressive, he seemed irritated, almost as if they were wasting his time by having him do interviews. My second interview was with a more senior person in the accounting group, he was a nice guy and seemed interested in talking with me. He also seemed to be the only person that knew how to interview. Third interview was with another accounting guy, he was completely disinterested and it really irritated me. He had a standoffish attitude and would ask questions while playing with his pen and then sit and play with his pen while I was answering them. He seemed to not care about what I had to say. Last interviewer was nice enough, she talked very fast and had a similar back story to mine. Asked lots of very pointed questions and then asked me if I had any, I asked a few and had a few more to ask but then she ended the interview, in a fairly abrupt manner. Not sure what her motive for ending the interview so abruptly, but it left a bad taste in my mouth. After that I waited for about 5-7 minutes for the recruiter to come in and debrief with me. She told me she would get back to me in a week to a week and a half. After 1.5 weeks I followed up with the recruiter, it took her 24 hours to respond and she said she would get a status update form the finance group and let me know, 1.5 weeks later I received a call from another recruiter, someone I had never met or corresponded with, and she told me that they would not be moving forward with an offer. She also offered to give me some feedback, which I accepted, but when I asked her for more clarification she seemed to not really know anything and just be reading off of something she was provided with.
All in all, the experience was ok. I understand Palantir is a great company with a lot of great talent, but if they want to continue to attract more talent, they should really fix their interview process. It did not seem to have any rhyme or reason and they were very slow to respond to anything. Also, please train your employees on proper interview etiquette, the lack of proper ettiquette can be a huge turnoff for prospective employees.