I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY) in Mar 2011
Interview
3 phone interviews, 1 in-person in SF with three 1:1 interviews and 1 company presentation.
all interviews were technical but friendly with questions mostly covering hashtables and searching/sorting, with some focus on technical Java questions.
as for culture, most of the people in the position are men and very into lord of the rings, so i felt it was a little limited.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Find the running subset of an array that sums to the highest value
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies
Interview
The interview process consisted of an initial recruiter screening followed by a technical interview with an engineer. The technical round focused primarily on LeetCode-style coding questions and problem-solving. The recruiter was responsive and the interview process was straightforward.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is a technical project I have worked on recently.
A recruiter reached out to me and has the initial screening. Then the recruiter reached back to me after 3 weeks. You just have to wait for the recuriter to reach out to you. It could take some time.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY)
Interview
The process was straightforward and focused on both engineering fundamentals and communication in an ambiguous, customer-facing forward-deployed role. It included an initial screen, technical/coding-style evaluation, and behavioral discussions around ownership, problem solving, and working directly with users or clients.