Software Engineer(Internship) 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 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 58.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Common stages of the interview process at Palantir Technologies as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
One on one interview: 33%
Background check: 33%
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I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY)
Interview
2023. Recruiter phone call, outsourced technical with karat. Then the virtual onsite with a learning component and a decomp component. Everyone was nice and the recruiter was very helpful with scheduling and questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Decomp around designing a course selection system.
I applied online. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies in May 2026
Interview
1. 20 minute behavioral interview a few weeks after applying
2. 90 minute OA through hackerrank, 3 problems of easy-med leetcode difficulty, completable within 5 days, was immediately sent link after behavioral interview
3. 45 minute technical coding, medium leetcode, sent about 2 days after completing the OA
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why choose Palantir, what about tech interests you, how do you use AI in daily life, etc.
Just the pre-screen behavioral round, was asked: why are you choosing to get your master's degree, what classes do you enjoy, what are you looking for in an internship? Seemed like just a deep dive on my interests, didn't even ask why palantir.
I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY)
Interview
One technical round then they put you onto a "superday" which consists of a debugging interview and then a mini system design interview, and then you have a hiring manager behavioral. I had two behaviorals
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked me about what I would look for in an internship, what made me choose my last internship and what I would change about it as well