I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (London, England) in Jan 2012
Interview
Applied through an employee referral, exchanged a few e-mails with a recruiter and then organised a phone interview.
First phone interview consisted of some conversation about what I was doing at the moment, and then algorithms questions. Received a second phone interview which was similar, some casual discussion about different languages and why I liked them, then some coding/algorithms questions.
Was supposed to go for on-site interviews in London, but both team members had last minute emergencies to sort out, so these work reorganised to skype interviews, similar questions to the other phone interviews, but in a more conversational style.
Flown out to interviews in California, put up in a very nice hotel for a few night with everything paid for, despite only being interviewed on 1 day. Interviews all day with different team members with a presentation of the product in the middle, and was taken to lunch by one team member.
After lunch a quick chat with my recruiter making sure we had everything sorted and filling me in on some bits of the job that hadn't been covered yet, then 2 interviews with the founders.
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.
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