Palantir technologies Software Engineer interview experience

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United StatesPosted Jan 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I experienced Palantir as a process that started straightforward and stayed that way—until the pace of thinking got noticeably different.

I began with a recruiter call, then moved into a coding interview and a web-coding style step, followed by an HR conversation. The interviews were easy overall, but I had to be careful about structuring my answers and staying deliberate rather than just speaking quickly.

What made it feel distinct from other tech companies was how the questions pushed beyond “solve the puzzle, move on.” There were decomposition-style questions and scenarios that forced me to show how I’d reason through problems that didn’t have a neat, known path. Even when the coding portion felt manageable, the way the

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