QA Engineer Interview Experience - Palo Alto, California
September 1, 2011
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer
Process
I was contacted through my university by Palantir about the QA engineering position. I had an initial phone screening with an HR representative who asked me a few questions and set up the next interviews.
Then I had two technical phone interviews, asking basics about testing and a couple logic questions.
Afterward, I was invited on-site for a day-long interview process. I had three interviews. The first interviewer wasn't very friendly, and I knew from there it wasn't going to end well. Everyone else was nice, and it wasn't a terrible experience.
Questions
How would you test an email client?
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the Palantir QA Engineer role in Palo Alto, California.
Success Rate
0%
Pass Rate
Palantir's interview process for their QA Engineer roles in Palo Alto, California is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive33%
Neutral67%
Negative0%
Candidates reported having very good feelings for Palantir's QA Engineer interview process in Palo Alto, California.
Palantir Work Experiences
5.0
Challenging and fulfilling
Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
March 14, 2018
Pros: SREs have the ability to work on almost anything in the company, whether it be working directly with a customer in the field or embedding within a product development team to improve the infrastructure and reliability of our products.
The tech stack is incredibly complex and consists of a lot of open source and proprietary systems; there is a lot of opportunity to grow technically as a result.
SREs have the freedom to operate autonomously and are often encouraged to innovate in a lot of different ways.
Cons: The company is growing quite rapidly, which is a very good thing. But there are some growing pains to overcome.
1.0
Interesting Projects, Ruthless Management
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
May 20, 2023
Pros: Projects are interesting if you manage to get into core backend teams.
Cons: Management is ruthless. They play their favorites, and if you're not one of them, you would be axed for no reason.
1.0
Friendly people, but the company needs to grow up
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
May 29, 2016
Pros: Lots of growth opportunities if you're willing to teach yourself.
Many friendly and curious people.
Tasty food.
Fun events.
Good yoga classes.
Cons: The wheel is reinvented all the time here since we never actually use industry best practices. The leads are young (especially on product development), and it's an intensely political workplace. Many of the leads are horrible at giving honest feedback, and people are frequently burned by this (including myself). People are often praised for working through the night or weekends; they are never praised for planning ahead to avoid such catastrophes. Working long hours is a badge of honor here.
- 5.0Challenging and fulfillingSite Reliability Engineer • Current EmployeePalo Alto, California, United StatesMarch 14, 2018Pros: SREs have the ability to work on almost anything in the company, whether it be working directly with a customer in the field or embedding within a product development team to improve the infrastructure and reliability of our products. The tech stack is incredibly complex and consists of a lot of open source and proprietary systems; there is a lot of opportunity to grow technically as a result. SREs have the freedom to operate autonomously and are often encouraged to innovate in a lot of different ways.Cons: The company is growing quite rapidly, which is a very good thing. But there are some growing pains to overcome.
- 1.0Interesting Projects, Ruthless ManagementSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeePalo Alto, California, United StatesMay 20, 2023Pros: Projects are interesting if you manage to get into core backend teams.Cons: Management is ruthless. They play their favorites, and if you're not one of them, you would be axed for no reason.
- 1.0Friendly people, but the company needs to grow upSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeePalo Alto, California, United StatesMay 29, 2016Pros: Lots of growth opportunities if you're willing to teach yourself. Many friendly and curious people. Tasty food. Fun events. Good yoga classes.Cons: The wheel is reinvented all the time here since we never actually use industry best practices. The leads are young (especially on product development), and it's an intensely political workplace. Many of the leads are horrible at giving honest feedback, and people are frequently burned by this (including myself). People are often praised for working through the night or weekends; they are never praised for planning ahead to avoid such catastrophes. Working long hours is a badge of honor here.
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