Forward Deployed Software Engineer Interview Experience - Washington, District of Columbia
Process
A recruiter reached out, and we had an initial call.
Then, a technical screen followed a week later.
Finally, there was a round of three interviews that were both technical and non-technical.
One of my interviewers failed to fully explain the instructions to me, only to clarify 30 minutes in that I was supposed to be writing down everything I was telling him.
Another interviewer interrupted me while I was coding the solution with a confusing optimization recommendation that he spent 15 minutes explaining out of the 20 minutes remaining in the interview.
Questions
Signed NDA, but fairly typical interview questions.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 15 interview experiences for the Palantir Forward Deployed Software Engineer role in Washington, District of Columbia.
Success Rate
Palantir's interview process for their Forward Deployed Software Engineer roles in Washington, District of Columbia is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Palantir's Forward Deployed Software Engineer interview process in Washington, District of Columbia.
Palantir Work Experiences
- 4.0GoodForward Deployed Software Engineer • Current EmployeeWashington, DCNovember 25, 2025Pros: FDSE solves lots of interesting problemsCons: Can be a bit stressful at times
- 4.0Fast paced and lots of exposure, but long hours and a sink or swim cultureForward Deployed Software Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, EnglandSeptember 10, 2025Pros: A very agile and action oriented environment. FDEs are encouraged to find a need in the project and develop their own slice of it. Resourcing respond to this by moving you to other projects that can best make use of the spike you've demonstrated in the process. You can quickly build on Foundry. Tackling technical problems at a high level means you get a huge amount of exposure to different problem spaces.Cons: It can be a very sink or swim environment. It's also not as technical as your usual software engineering roles as you're generally building on top of Foundry (already a well built out platform). Depending on your project, you can be frequently working long hours.
- 4.0Great place to workForward Deployed Software Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, EnglandJuly 28, 2025Pros: High impact, high opportunity for growth, talented colleagues.Cons: Can be chaotic at times.
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