I applied through university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies in Oct 2011
Interview
I applied for a summer intern position at the university career affair. A few days later, a HR contacted to schedule a phone interview. The interviewer is generally very friendly. He called on time. The interviewer start straight with technical questions. Most of the questions are about basic knowledge in computer science.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Find the smallest 100 numbers in an array. How to do it if the array is too large to fit in memory
Recruiter screening call, gauging interest. They were mainly interested in learning more about me, and how my expericnes may align with the role and company. Got the interview before any online assessment was shared, directly after a cold application.
After filling out essays on their application, I was sent an email outlining potential topics for the technical interview, as well as advice on preparing. The Interview was conducted with someone from the platform Karat. Was very smooth and the interviewer was very skilled, and they even offer a redo if you are not confident
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I do not remember, it was a leetcode medium problem though
Process was long and drawn out, with multiple different rounds of interviews. After the onsite, I had another interview with a hiring manager where he asked me even more technical questions.
