Forward Deployed Software Engineer Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom
May 1, 2024
Negative ExperienceNo Offer
Process
They called me on the phone and asked about my previous experience. After I talked for some time, the interviewer asked if I knew SQL, which I did. The interviewer wasn't a technical person.
Questions
Do you know or have you heard of SQL?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 36 interview experiences for the Palantir Forward Deployed Software Engineer role in London, United Kingdom.
Success Rate
8%
Pass Rate
Palantir's interview process for their Forward Deployed Software Engineer roles in London, the United Kingdom is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive58%
Neutral25%
Negative17%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Palantir's Forward Deployed Software Engineer interview process in London, United Kingdom.
Palantir Work Experiences
3.0
Believed in the company, but not so much anymore because of its mistreatment of employees
Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
September 13, 2023
Pros: Fast-paced, very smart coworkers, and overall, the opportunity to grow is quite amazing.
Cons: No 401k matching, no bonuses, and no compensation increase with promotions or title promotions. Long work hours.
Life as a Forward Deployed Engineer can be technically unfulfilling. It took 2 years for a company-wide compensation review to happen, and only a fraction of the company got a raise then.
4.0
Purpose, autonomy & mastery
Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee
Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
August 25, 2015
Pros: Transformative projects with customers who matter.
A-grade employees, driven towards material impact.
A very high degree of autonomy awarded to staff.
Cons: Resourcing - there are more opportunities than staff. Sometimes this means staff get stuck with one customer; sometimes it means that ownership can be lacking as staff move through a customer to fight a fire rather than truly fix an issue in a sustainable way.
Workforce is not especially diverse, despite everyone's efforts to address this.
Being in a branch office, it is sometimes hard to divine strategic and tactical vision. Conversely, we are given wide latitude to chart our own destiny.
5.0
Great culture, interesting work
Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee
February 20, 2023
Pros: Great culture, lots of interesting work.
Cons: Slow comp increase, out of touch leadership.
- 3.0Believed in the company, but not so much anymore because of its mistreatment of employeesForward Deployed Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesSeptember 13, 2023Pros: Fast-paced, very smart coworkers, and overall, the opportunity to grow is quite amazing.Cons: No 401k matching, no bonuses, and no compensation increase with promotions or title promotions. Long work hours. Life as a Forward Deployed Engineer can be technically unfulfilling. It took 2 years for a company-wide compensation review to happen, and only a fraction of the company got a raise then.
- 4.0Purpose, autonomy & masteryForward Deployed Software Engineer • Current EmployeeMelbourne, Victoria, AustraliaAugust 25, 2015Pros: Transformative projects with customers who matter. A-grade employees, driven towards material impact. A very high degree of autonomy awarded to staff.Cons: Resourcing - there are more opportunities than staff. Sometimes this means staff get stuck with one customer; sometimes it means that ownership can be lacking as staff move through a customer to fight a fire rather than truly fix an issue in a sustainable way. Workforce is not especially diverse, despite everyone's efforts to address this. Being in a branch office, it is sometimes hard to divine strategic and tactical vision. Conversely, we are given wide latitude to chart our own destiny.
- 5.0Great culture, interesting workForward Deployed Software Engineer • Current EmployeeFebruary 20, 2023Pros: Great culture, lots of interesting work.Cons: Slow comp increase, out of touch leadership.
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