Palantir technologies Software Engineer interview experience

Got offer

Hard

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Palo Alto, CAPosted Jun 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I started with a recruiter call meant to sanity-check my fit and real interest in the company, then the coding portion came next.

After that, I had the decomp and learning round—open-ended scoping plus a systems-y code review style component—and that’s where things turned for me. The learning/decomp setup felt like they were evaluating how I thought when the prompt wasn’t fully spelled out.

My process then wrapped with a final hiring-manager conversation that mixed behavioral discussion with a LeetCode-style technical question. The hiring manager round also strongly emphasized mission alignment and why I wanted this particular role, not just the general “company brand” motivation.

I didn’t end up with an offer. The

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