I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies in May 2014
Interview
Applied online. Was given a 100 minute coding challenge. Was then contacted to have a phone interview. The interview was both technical and behavioral. Was again contacted by HR for another interview. Had another phone interview (similar to the first). Both seemed to go fairly well. Technical questions dealt with data structures and algorithms, and could be completed with the programming language of my choice. Was then told I would not be considered for the position.
I had behavioral interviews and then 4 in person interviews. The behavioral was straightforward. There was also a data query interview where they taught you a new "language" and had you execute basic queries in it. Then there was a system design interview. I had two of these. The last one they asked me if I was deployed to the moon to identify new species of alien what kind of system would I build.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you were deployed to the moon to identify new species of alien what kind of system would I build.
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.