Palantir

Forward Deployed Software Engineer Interview Experience - United Kingdom

February 4, 2021

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Applied online through the Palantir website.

Initial phone interview with a recruiter to discuss availability and interests, and potential departments.

Then an online coding interview of about half an hour with two technical questions.

Questions

How would you make a hash map using only arrays and a provided hashing function?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 57 interview experiences for the Palantir Forward Deployed Software Engineer role in United Kingdom.

Success Rate

9%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive58%

Neutral30%

Negative12%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Palantir's Forward Deployed Software Engineer interview process in United Kingdom.

Palantir Work Experiences

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.

What you make out of it

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

January 11, 2025

Pros: You can choose to be as technical or nontechnical, as intense or chill, as rigorous or speedy as you want it to be. With some political know-how, the entire landscape becomes yours to navigate, and you can simply pick and choose what skills you want to grow.

Cons: You can get put into some really, really, really bad teams, and in that case, your technical skills will atrophy beyond recognition.

What you make out of it

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

January 11, 2025

Pros: You can choose to be as technical or nontechnical, as intense or chill, as rigorous or speedy as you want it to be. With some political know-how, the entire landscape becomes yours to navigate, and you can simply pick and choose what skills you want to grow.

Cons: You can get put into some really, really, really bad teams, and in that case, your technical skills will atrophy beyond recognition.

Amazing Culture, Unclear Pay

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

September 12, 2022

Pros: Amazing culture throughout the company.

Cons: Not very transparent when it comes to compensation reviews.

Amazing Culture, Unclear Pay

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

September 12, 2022

Pros: Amazing culture throughout the company.

Cons: Not very transparent when it comes to compensation reviews.

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.

What you make out of it

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

January 11, 2025

Pros: You can choose to be as technical or nontechnical, as intense or chill, as rigorous or speedy as you want it to be. With some political know-how, the entire landscape becomes yours to navigate, and you can simply pick and choose what skills you want to grow.

Cons: You can get put into some really, really, really bad teams, and in that case, your technical skills will atrophy beyond recognition.

5.0
What you make out of it
Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
January 11, 2025
Pros: You can choose to be as technical or nontechnical, as intense or chill, as rigorous or speedy as you want it to be. With some political know-how, the entire landscape becomes yours to navigate, and you can simply pick and choose what skills you want to grow.
Cons: You can get put into some really, really, really bad teams, and in that case, your technical skills will atrophy beyond recognition.

Amazing Culture, Unclear Pay

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

September 12, 2022

Pros: Amazing culture throughout the company.

Cons: Not very transparent when it comes to compensation reviews.

4.0
Amazing Culture, Unclear Pay
Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee
September 12, 2022
Pros: Amazing culture throughout the company.
Cons: Not very transparent when it comes to compensation reviews.

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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