Mission Operations Engineering Interview Experience
Process
I contacted the recruiter and had a screening call, followed by an interview with the Mission Operations team.
During the interview, the team browsed through my resume and looked for specific skills, such as experience in Go and Java development. This was not clear until the interview itself.
Looking at the team members' LinkedIn profiles and reading their blog posts provided some useful insight into the desirable skills.
Questions
Tell me about a problem and how you solved it.
Why are you applying to this role and why Palantir?
What is the difference between a StringBuilder and a String in Java?
Name five two-character commands you can use in a Linux terminal.
Do you know SQL?
What is the time complexity of a hash table?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Palantir Mission Operations Engineering role in United States.
Success Rate
Palantir's interview process for their Mission Operations Engineering roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Palantir's Mission Operations Engineering interview process in United States.
Palantir Work Experiences
- 4.0Great place to workSite Reliability Engineer • Current EmployeePalo Alto, California, United StatesOctober 24, 2015Pros: Great place to work with amazing and talented people.Cons: Low salary and compensation, with some growing pains.
- 5.0World-class Team, Busy DaysSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomJanuary 4, 2021Pros: Your colleagues are world-class high performers and excellent to work with.Cons: Occasional long days to meet deadlines.
- 1.0Should be betterSoftware Engineering Intern • Former EmployeeDecember 15, 2023Pros: Solid comp Competent employeesCons: Some recruiters are a mess; others are really bad. I got no-showed and had to reschedule multiple times for interviews. Then they scheduled an interview for three weeks out for no discernible reason, delaying it. Recruiters are at least responsive, I guess, but the process is so long. At the job, they work you like a dog, and the projects aren't as interesting as you'd think from their material. Coworkers were definitely in the same boat, but at least they were competent. Really solid engineers. Apparently, a flat corporate structure makes promotions near impossible. Sounds like they want to crank value out of young engineers for 1-3 years until they realize they need to leave to advance their careers. A lot of employees are very junior.
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