Infrastructure Quality Engineer Interview Experience
Process
I was contacted by a recruiter after submitting my resume at a conference.
The first round was a phone interview where the recruiter discussed the position and asked some short technical questions. There was no coding involved; it was a discussion of general approaches to problems.
One question was: "Your favorite webpage gives you a 404 when you load it. How would you troubleshoot this?"
After I answered, my interviewer stated that the "obvious missed step" was checking my own internet connection. I am unsure whether this was a test or an oversight on the interviewer's part, but it is incorrect. If my connection wasn't working, I would not receive a 404 error; instead, I would be unable to get any response from the server at all, as my requests would fail entirely.
The interviewer was overtly disinterested for the remainder of the interview after that point, and I did not receive another interview.
Questions
Given an array of different lengths, each array has one unique element and two of every other element. Return a list of the elements that aren’t repeated.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the Palantir Infrastructure Quality Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
Palantir's interview process for their Infrastructure Quality Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.
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Palantir Work Experiences
- 5.0Some of the brightest minds in the industryInfrastructure Quality Engineer • Current EmployeePalo Alto, California, United StatesOctober 15, 2015Pros: Talented, hard-working individuals. Lots of amenities. A great opportunity to rub shoulders with some of the smartest people in Silicon Valley.Cons: Poor work-life balance, not suited for people with families. Very young middle management means that they're inexperienced and sometimes stumble on things that other managers wouldn't have issues with.
- 5.0Save the ShireInfrastructure Quality Engineer • Current EmployeePalo Alto, California, United StatesAugust 18, 2015Pros: I joined Palantir in 2010 when the company had about 250 employees. I had worked at one company (> 10,000 employees) for many years before changing jobs in 2010. Needless to say, I was nervous with such a drastic change in my career. I'm now in my sixth year at Palantir, and I have to say that the transition was smooth. I continue to enjoy my work here every single day. Here are the pros I can think of: * Technical challenging projects that allow you to grow your technical skills. There is plenty of help from experienced engineers in the organization to ensure you don't feel lost. * Excellent leadership at the Director level and first-line leads. Directors are open to any feedback, are very approachable, and always trying to help out engineers. * Good work-life balance. I'm hearing some horror stories from my colleagues in the tech industry, but I haven't had many problems here. I have been able to spend plenty of time with my family all these years. * Absolute meritocracy and very little bureaucracy. There are very good resources available in terms of systems, facilities, etc. * Very good perks.Cons: Like any other enterprise software company in this day and age, Palantir faces a stern test when it comes to figuring out what exactly their customers want and how they can deliver software for these needs. Because of this, the company does make significant organizational and philosophical changes frequently. This can cause some confusion amongst engineers, but I've generally seen company leadership providing lots of knowledge on why/how a change in direction was made.
- 4.0Great place to workInfrastructure Quality Engineer • Current EmployeeDecember 14, 2015Pros: Very driven, smart people to work with. Flexible and understanding leads who actually try to ensure you're enjoying your job.Cons: A bit Kool-Aid-y about the impact they're having and improving the world.
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