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Forward Deployed Software Engineer Interview Experience - Palo Alto, California

December 6, 2015

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

I applied online for an internship.

A few weeks later, I was sent the coding challenge and scheduled for a technical phone interview a few days after.

After that, I was scheduled for an onsite interview. They let me choose which location to interview at.

The onsite consisted of:

2 coding interviews
1 systems design interview (just like their website stated)
Lunch with an engineer
A product demo

I was then scheduled for a follow-up chat with a hiring manager a week later, and received my offer after that.

I got the sense that culture fit was really important throughout my interviews.

The process was very smooth overall.

Questions

Signed NDA

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the Palantir Forward Deployed Software Engineer role in Palo Alto, California.

Success Rate

33%

Pass Rate

Palantir's interview process for their Forward Deployed Software Engineer roles in Palo Alto, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive83%

Neutral0%

Negative17%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Palantir's Forward Deployed Software Engineer interview process in Palo Alto, California.

Palantir Work Experiences

Interesting Work, Growing Pains

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: They deal with some very interesting problems.

Cons: Management is going through growing pains and doesn't know how to allocate work properly. Sometimes it seemed fairly haphazard in organizing. Pressure to work a ton.

Interesting Work, Growing Pains

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: They deal with some very interesting problems.

Cons: Management is going through growing pains and doesn't know how to allocate work properly. Sometimes it seemed fairly haphazard in organizing. Pressure to work a ton.

Phenomenal Mission, Autonomy Galore

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee

September 28, 2021

Pros: Phenomenal mission, combined with incredible autonomy.

Cons: Lots of autonomy may not be the right thing for some people.

Phenomenal Mission, Autonomy Galore

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee

September 28, 2021

Pros: Phenomenal mission, combined with incredible autonomy.

Cons: Lots of autonomy may not be the right thing for some people.

Smart Team, Boring Database Work

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: - Smart and diligent coworkers - Nerd culture meets business sense

Cons: The work itself becomes boring soon. It's essentially the databases 101 challenge SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE, over and over again. The promises of the contract offer were not honored in full: The starting date was pushed back several months on short notice (2 weeks). Stock was not granted in full. Many perks have been slashed after the IPO. The starting salary is high for recent graduates but then stalls. Progression cannot keep up with other tech companies.

Smart Team, Boring Database Work

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: - Smart and diligent coworkers - Nerd culture meets business sense

Cons: The work itself becomes boring soon. It's essentially the databases 101 challenge SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE, over and over again. The promises of the contract offer were not honored in full: The starting date was pushed back several months on short notice (2 weeks). Stock was not granted in full. Many perks have been slashed after the IPO. The starting salary is high for recent graduates but then stalls. Progression cannot keep up with other tech companies.

Interesting Work, Growing Pains

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

Pros: They deal with some very interesting problems.

Cons: Management is going through growing pains and doesn't know how to allocate work properly. Sometimes it seemed fairly haphazard in organizing. Pressure to work a ton.

4.0
Interesting Work, Growing Pains
Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
March 15, 2014
Pros: They deal with some very interesting problems.
Cons: Management is going through growing pains and doesn't know how to allocate work properly. Sometimes it seemed fairly haphazard in organizing. Pressure to work a ton.

Phenomenal Mission, Autonomy Galore

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee

September 28, 2021

Pros: Phenomenal mission, combined with incredible autonomy.

Cons: Lots of autonomy may not be the right thing for some people.

5.0
Phenomenal Mission, Autonomy Galore
Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee
September 28, 2021
Pros: Phenomenal mission, combined with incredible autonomy.
Cons: Lots of autonomy may not be the right thing for some people.

Smart Team, Boring Database Work

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: - Smart and diligent coworkers - Nerd culture meets business sense

Cons: The work itself becomes boring soon. It's essentially the databases 101 challenge SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE, over and over again. The promises of the contract offer were not honored in full: The starting date was pushed back several months on short notice (2 weeks). Stock was not granted in full. Many perks have been slashed after the IPO. The starting salary is high for recent graduates but then stalls. Progression cannot keep up with other tech companies.

3.0
Smart Team, Boring Database Work
Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee
March 8, 2021
Pros: - Smart and diligent coworkers - Nerd culture meets business sense
Cons: The work itself becomes boring soon. It's essentially the databases 101 challenge SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE, over and over again. The promises of the contract offer were not honored in full: The starting date was pushed back several months on short notice (2 weeks). Stock was not granted in full. Many perks have been slashed after the IPO. The starting salary is high for recent graduates but then stalls. Progression cannot keep up with other tech companies.

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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