Software Engineer(Internship) applicants have rated the interview process at Palantir Technologies with 2.8 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 57.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer(Internship) roles take an average of 59 days to get hired, when considering 4 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Palantir Technologies overall takes an average of 42 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Palantir Technologies as a Software Engineer(Internship) according to 4 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 33%
Background check: 17%
Skills test: 17%
IQ intelligence test: 17%
Presentation: 17%
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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