Forward Deployed Software Engineer Interview Experience - United Kingdom
January 18, 2021
Positive ExperienceNo Offer
Process
The process begins with a HackerRank assessment, followed by a non-technical phone call. During this call, they ask mostly standard interview questions. It's a surprisingly difficult stage to pass, being a pretty short but dense interview where they pretty much grill you on who you are, why you want to work at Palantir, and what your career aspirations are.
Questions
Why do you want to work at Palantir?
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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
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.
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.
- 5.0What you make out of itForward Deployed Software Engineer • Current EmployeeNew York, New York, United StatesJanuary 11, 2025Pros: 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.
- 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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