I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (Abu Dhabi, Abu Dhabi) in Jul 2013
Interview
I have applied to the Software Engineer position in the Palantir US. A recruiter contacted me saying that the Visa cap is over, and asked me whether i am interested in FDE position in Abu Dhabi Position. I agreed and proceded for Abu Dhabi FDE interview process.
They had two Telephonic Interview schedule for me.
In the first Telephonic Interview, interviewer called me , asked me to write the complete design of my current project in Amazon. He asked me to write the whole architecture and design in a Stypi link. The Project is very big that it took 30 minutes for me to explain the project. After he asked me a an algorithmic puzzle. Told him various approaches to solve the puzzle. Interview was impressed and said that I have done the interview well. Asked me if i have any other questions.
The First Interviewer recommended me to second telephonic interview.
In the Second telephonic interview, interviewer started with my resume, and asked me why I have not joined IBM after my Masters(have done my internship in IBM India Storage Labs). And asked me why i joned Amazon after masters, and not IBM. He asked why i am interested in Palantir. How I heard about Palantir. Then he went to Technical side where he asked me difference between Java and C++. Asked me about Stack data structure and its applications.
Then he asked me to write the code for implementing a Stack which has operations : push, pop, peek, min (minimum element in the stack). I have coded efficiently. Asked me about complexities. Asked me to improve the code.
I really though that second interview went very well. But there I as wrong. Immediately after two days, I got a mail saying that they could not progress with my application saying that they will talk gain in timeframe of 9 months.
This is really a shock for me. I asked some feedback on my interview process. I got a reply saying that "we don't provide detailed feedback. But as mentioned we would like to revisit your application in a timeframe of 9-12 months.".
End of the story
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why are you leaving Amazon?
Why did you choose Amazon instead of IBM?
Why did you not accepted IBM offer?
Had a chat with HR and then a technical interview with an engineer. They gave some some quite normal leatcode type questions that I had to answer to continue to the next steps.
I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY)
Interview
I have so far completed the 20 minute recruiter call, which was an easy behavioral. They asked me what I'm looking for in a job and what I do at my current role.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY)
Interview
Quick call with recruiter then technical interview. First call was easy, fit of company etc... Technical interview was leetcode easy and code walk through. Overall, much easier than what I had read online.