Palantir technologies Software Engineer interview experience

No offer

Hard

Positive

United StatesPosted Mar 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

After an online assessment, I went through a sequence that quickly matched the structure described on their site: a phone screen, then multiple rounds culminating in a back-to-back final set.

The process felt accurate and intentional rather than random, and the interviewers cared more about the way you worked through problems than about a single polished end result.

The questions themselves leaned into technical foundations and communication, and the back-to-back nature of the later rounds was mentally demanding because I had to keep my thinking organized without slowing down between conversations.

I didn’t get an offer. Still, I appreciated that the experience was consistent with their stated emphasis on process, because the interviewers were clearly watching for how I reasoned

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