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Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Palantir Technologies
Smooth Was reached out on LinkedIn First he screening then Karat then On-site Interview, but my interview got canceled because the position was filled. Overall the experience is very good and HR is very supportive.
- Why do you want to Join Palantir?

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Palantir Technologies
30 minute technical screen with the recruiter. 1x 1 hour technical interview. Basic data structures and algorithms. 3x 1hour technical interviews. - Data structures and algorithms - Some SQL/relational algebra - Solutions architecting
- Describe the result of these SQL queries.
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Anonymous Interview Candidate in New York, NY
I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY)
Worked through a 3rd party to take an interview. The interview consisted of determining the space complexity and time complexity of multiple sample code. The next part was doing a simple parse of data and organization through code.
- Time and space complexity of sample code

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Palantir Technologies
They gave me a tech interview that was fulfilled by a 3rd party. Scheduled at my convenience... If I knew I was going to have an interviewer from India I would have made it reasonable for the both of us but poor dude was interviewing me at 3am. You definitely need to know how to implement hashmaps in your chosen coding language and big o (both space and time).
- What is the space and time complexity of this code in Big O?

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Palantir Technologies
typical tech interview with 4-5 rounds. first round = behavioural second round = with DS, small case third round = super day; case is a lot more in depth and technical
- how do you detect illegal firearms in postal packages

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I interviewed at Palantir Technologies
Had 3 interviews and then got ghosted. Would recommend the company be more respectful of other people's time and communicate clear expectations of the job offer when the candidate starts the process.
- What was the most challenging situation in your previous job and how did you handle it?

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Denver, CO
I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (Denver, CO)
Several discussions. Great exchanges. Past experiences discussed with a lot of focus on achievements, team experience, quota, cadence, metrics, sales cycles examples, lengths. Opportunity to meet great people and learn about great team
- Quota attainment and past performances

Anonymous Interview Candidate in Palo Alto, CA
I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (Palo Alto, CA)
The interview process was straightforward, Recruiter was responsive and gave updates. Applied via careers page, did karat, Interview 1 decomp, and systems design (Design google maps). Hr manager - background, algorithm question, leetcode medium-hard.
- Design Google Maps!, Debug Python code

Anonymous Interview Candidate in London, England
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (London, England)
The interview process was structured and transparent. And the recruiter communicated the expectations quite clearly and was generally very helpful. There were some tough questions but they weren't something that you couldn't prepare in advance.
- Please tell me about yourself

Anonymous Interview Candidate
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies
Process was nearly three months from first outreach to the final "no." This timeline included hiring screen, multiple call with recruiting, interview with manager, four more interviews ("panel") and then another one. I was impressed by the recruiter's attentiveness, but the rest of the process was very bush league and a disrespectful waste of time. Interviews were not difficult, but they were also very repetitive with the same basic questions repeated. Did not seem organized at all. Timeline was ridiculous. They refused to provide information on potential compensation ranges, and after three months did not provide any feedback about the rejection.
- Seemed obsessed with asking about how I worked with difficult coworkers and handled conflict. Red flag?
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Glassdoor users rated their interview experience at Palantir Technologies as 45.1% positive with a difficulty rating score of 3.26 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty). Candidates interviewing for Writer and SE rated their interviews as the hardest, whereas interviews for Engineer and International Specialist roles were rated as the easiest.
The hiring process at Palantir Technologies takes an average of 25.96 days when considering 1,596 user submitted interviews across all job titles. Candidates applying for Corporate Paralegal had the quickest hiring process (on average 1 day), whereas Business Development roles had the slowest hiring process (on average 120 days).
Common stages of the interview process at Palantir Technologies according to 1,596 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone Interview: 42.71%
One on One Interview: 22.96%
Presentation: 11.07%
Skills Test: 9.07%
Group Panel Interview: 4.21%
IQ Intelligence Test: 2.58%
Personality Test: 2.55%
Other: 1.97%
Drug Test: 1.54%
Background Check: 1.35%
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