Palantir technologies Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Jan 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After applying, I moved through a pretty standard recruiting loop: a phone call first, then a more technical screen where I had to solve a LeetCode-style problem.

The phone conversation felt chill, and the main goal was figuring out whether I actually wanted the role and how my mission fit with what they were building. The technical part had that medium-hard edge—nothing insanely exotic, but I had to think clearly and keep my explanations tight while working through it.

A little later I got pulled into a virtual onsite. The structure centered on learning and decomposition. I remember getting a round that felt designed to test how I approached unfamiliar problems, followed closely by a decomposition discussion that was more about breaking down an

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