Palantir technologies·Forward-Deployed Engineer

Palantir technologies Forward-Deployed Engineer interview experience

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London, EnglandPosted Jan 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I applied online and took a HackerRank test as part of the process, followed by follow-up questions based on that assessment.

The interview process started with an HR call, and I was rejected shortly after that call.

During the process, the recruiter also asked me whether I wanted to work as a forward deployed SWE or as a standard SWE since I had applied to both. I answered in a diplomatic way—open to either—thinking it would keep me flexible, but it didn’t seem to land well with what they were looking for.

I didn’t get an offer, and the feeling was that the rejection was tied to role alignment more than anything I did technically. Honestly, I walked away thinking I’d answered reasonably, but the process seemed to

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