Palantir

Forward Deployed Software Engineer Interview Experience

December 27, 2022

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Standard LeetCode / data structure / algorithm, and system design interview. This decomposition interview has a total of five stages with varying difficulty, conducted in the candidate's programming language of choice. The overall experience was pleasant, and candidates learned more about the company in the later stages.

Questions

Why would you like to work at Palantir?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 139 interview experiences for the Palantir Forward Deployed Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

11%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive48%

Neutral30%

Negative22%

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

Palantir Work Experiences

Interesting Problems, Stressful Times

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

November 25, 2025

Pros: FDSE solves lots of interesting problems.

Cons: Can be a bit stressful at times.

Interesting Problems, Stressful Times

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

November 25, 2025

Pros: FDSE solves lots of interesting problems.

Cons: Can be a bit stressful at times.

Great Culture, Interesting Work

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Good culture and interesting work. Lots of support was given.

Cons: I cannot single out any downsides from the internship.

Great Culture, Interesting Work

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Good culture and interesting work. Lots of support was given.

Cons: I cannot single out any downsides from the internship.

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 Problems, Stressful Times

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

Washington, District of Columbia, United States

November 25, 2025

Pros: FDSE solves lots of interesting problems.

Cons: Can be a bit stressful at times.

4.0
Interesting Problems, Stressful Times
Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee
Washington, District of Columbia, United States
November 25, 2025
Pros: FDSE solves lots of interesting problems.
Cons: Can be a bit stressful at times.

Great Culture, Interesting Work

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee

Pros: Good culture and interesting work. Lots of support was given.

Cons: I cannot single out any downsides from the internship.

5.0
Great Culture, Interesting Work
Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Former Employee
August 9, 2021
Pros: Good culture and interesting work. Lots of support was given.
Cons: I cannot single out any downsides from the internship.

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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