There were two phone interviews and three on-site interviews before lunch and a demonstration.

The first phone interviewer asked what feature I would add to a vending machine and how I would test it. The second phone interviewer showed me some pseudocode and asked me to add a feature to it.

They asked three questions on-site, one in each interview:

• The first interviewer asked me to pretend the interviewer was an old grandma having trouble logging in.
• The second interviewer asked me how I would test a magic box from Calvin and Hobbes.
• The third interviewer asked me how I would deploy iPhones in Africa for education.

In the end, I did not get an offer. They said it was because there was not enough communication in my interviews. I think, with that standard, the only candidates they are screening out are the ones who are terrified of interviewing. For a company that prides itself on its technical talent, Palantir has very strange interviews.

The most unexpected question was the one asking how I would deploy iPhones to Africa for education.