Palantir

Forward Deployed Software Engineer Interview Experience

March 3, 2015

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I was asked to complete a 90-minute online coding challenge. The questions were pretty straightforward algorithm questions with bounds on runtime.

I then went on to a phone interview where the interviewer discussed my projects and gave me a pretty simple problem to solve. The interview ended with time for any questions I had.

Questions

Given a list of characters, find the first character that has a duplicate.

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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

Great place to work

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: High impact, high opportunity for growth, talented colleagues.

Cons: Can be chaotic at times.

Great place to work

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: High impact, high opportunity for growth, talented colleagues.

Cons: Can be chaotic 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.

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.

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.

Great place to work

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: High impact, high opportunity for growth, talented colleagues.

Cons: Can be chaotic at times.

4.0
Great place to work
Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
July 28, 2025
Pros: High impact, high opportunity for growth, talented colleagues.
Cons: Can be chaotic 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.

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.

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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