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Forward Deployed Software Engineer Interview Experience - Munich, Germany

December 1, 2020

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had a positive experience with the technical interview process.

The interview was conducted via video call, and the software engineer I spoke with gave off a great vibe—very professional yet approachable.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Palantir Forward Deployed Software Engineer role in Munich, Bavaria.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Palantir's interview process for their Forward Deployed Software Engineer roles in Munich, Bavaria is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral0%

Negative50%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Palantir's Forward Deployed Software Engineer interview process in Munich, Bavaria.

Palantir Work Experiences

Incredible work, people, and benefits. Not much work-life balance

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

October 24, 2024

Pros: The access to problems is fairly unimpeachable, the people are generally world-class, and the benefits and compensation are very competitive.

Cons: There is no expectation of work-life balance. This is a company for people who are serious about what they do and perform accordingly.

Incredible work, people, and benefits. Not much work-life balance

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

October 24, 2024

Pros: The access to problems is fairly unimpeachable, the people are generally world-class, and the benefits and compensation are very competitive.

Cons: There is no expectation of work-life balance. This is a company for people who are serious about what they do and perform accordingly.

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.

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.

Smart People, Very Political

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Pros: - Super smart people. - Good culture. - Reasonably good benefits, in-office meals, etc.

Cons: Highly political; you need to be good with people and technology to be successful. Bad work-life balance. A lot of great people will leave to start their own businesses. A tad culty at times.

Smart People, Very Political

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Pros: - Super smart people. - Good culture. - Reasonably good benefits, in-office meals, etc.

Cons: Highly political; you need to be good with people and technology to be successful. Bad work-life balance. A lot of great people will leave to start their own businesses. A tad culty at times.

Incredible work, people, and benefits. Not much work-life balance

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

October 24, 2024

Pros: The access to problems is fairly unimpeachable, the people are generally world-class, and the benefits and compensation are very competitive.

Cons: There is no expectation of work-life balance. This is a company for people who are serious about what they do and perform accordingly.

4.0
Incredible work, people, and benefits. Not much work-life balance
Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
October 24, 2024
Pros: The access to problems is fairly unimpeachable, the people are generally world-class, and the benefits and compensation are very competitive.
Cons: There is no expectation of work-life balance. This is a company for people who are serious about what they do and perform accordingly.

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.

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.

Smart People, Very Political

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

Pros: - Super smart people. - Good culture. - Reasonably good benefits, in-office meals, etc.

Cons: Highly political; you need to be good with people and technology to be successful. Bad work-life balance. A lot of great people will leave to start their own businesses. A tad culty at times.

4.0
Smart People, Very Political
Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
July 26, 2024
Pros: - Super smart people. - Good culture. - Reasonably good benefits, in-office meals, etc.
Cons: Highly political; you need to be good with people and technology to be successful. Bad work-life balance. A lot of great people will leave to start their own businesses. A tad culty at times.

Palantir Interview Questions

Find Beautiful Indices in the Given Array I

Given a string and two substrings, find the indices where the first substring occurs. Then, find the indices where the second substring occurs. Return the indices of the first substring that are close to any index of the second substring, within a specified range.

ArraysStringsTwo Pointers

Smallest String With Swaps

You're given a string and a list of index pairs. You can swap characters at these indices any number of times. Find the lexicographically smallest string you can obtain after performing these swaps.

ArraysStringsGraphsGreedy Algorithms

Find Beautiful Indices in the Given Array II

You're given a string and two patterns. Find all 'beautiful' indices where an occurrence of the first pattern is within 'k' distance of an occurrence of the second pattern.

ArraysStringsTwo Pointers

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