Palantir Interview Process - New grad Software Engineer

Software engineer interviews at Palantir: a casual first round with an engineer, then coding, decomposition and learning rounds.

Round 1: Casual chat with an engineer

Very casual conversation. It covered:

• A light self introduction

• Why Palantir?

• A few scenario questions: if a client disagreed with you when you know you're right, how would you deal with it? If you had all the resources and information in the world, what problem would you solve?

• A few logistics questions

There were no "tell me about a time" questions.

Next rounds: coding, decomposition and learning

I was told to practice as many LeetCode questions as possible and study some system design, but the emphasis was on LeetCode.

For the coding question, I got something similar to Course Schedule (medium).

Outcome

I'm still in the interview process.

Tips

• For the first round, read up on what Palantir does and have a story for why you want to work there. Don't over-prepare, just look forward to a casual conversation.

• For system design, any standard system design course will do. They aren't looking for perfection, and they aren't assessing how well you use a specific technology. Focus on the key components and a basic high-level understanding of building software.