Palantir technologies Software Engineer interview experience

I remember the process feeling intentionally paced: a technical screen first, then a longer virtual onsite. That onsite was made up of a decomposition/learning style exercise, followed by more “work through it” rounds where the interviewer really watched how I reasoned, not just whether I arrived at the final answer.

The later parts blended open-ended thinking with feedback. I went through questions that tested how I’d break down an ambiguous problem and keep iterating, and there was also a hiring-manager style conversation that mixed behavioral with a hard edge on the