Palantir

Software Development Engineer (SDE) Intern Interview Experience

September 1, 2022

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I used Karat for the interview.

The interviewer was very friendly.

Even though we had some technical problems at the start of the interview, he actively found ways to help me.

Questions

DFS search in a 2D array

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 4 interview experiences for the Palantir Software Development Engineer (SDE) Intern role in United States.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Palantir's interview process for their Software Development Engineer (SDE) Intern roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral50%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Palantir's Software Development Engineer (SDE) Intern interview process in United States.

Palantir Work Experiences

Fast-paced, excellent for learning a lot of different stuff

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

February 18, 2021

Pros: Really fast, a lot of new things starting and a great opportunity to learn a lot. You can learn and have exposure to different parts of the software and customer interaction as a forward-deployed engineer, which is very unique.

Cons: As a forward-deployed engineer, you usually don't get to learn anything very deeply, other than customer interaction. You are more of a jack of all trades, master of none kind of guy.

Fast-paced, excellent for learning a lot of different stuff

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

February 18, 2021

Pros: Really fast, a lot of new things starting and a great opportunity to learn a lot. You can learn and have exposure to different parts of the software and customer interaction as a forward-deployed engineer, which is very unique.

Cons: As a forward-deployed engineer, you usually don't get to learn anything very deeply, other than customer interaction. You are more of a jack of all trades, master of none kind of guy.

Fantastic people at a great company

Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: - A group of incredibly talented and intelligent people and the opportunity to learn every day. This goes hand in hand with an incredibly diverse set of hard problems to solve, which keeps it interesting. - An amazing amount of flexibility over what I work on and motivation to work on the most important things.

Cons: - The learning curve is very steep, and it's difficult to board the speeding train. - If you're looking for a structured role that is the same day in, day out, and aren't prepared to be flexible in what you are working on, you should look elsewhere.

Fantastic people at a great company

Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: - A group of incredibly talented and intelligent people and the opportunity to learn every day. This goes hand in hand with an incredibly diverse set of hard problems to solve, which keeps it interesting. - An amazing amount of flexibility over what I work on and motivation to work on the most important things.

Cons: - The learning curve is very steep, and it's difficult to board the speeding train. - If you're looking for a structured role that is the same day in, day out, and aren't prepared to be flexible in what you are working on, you should look elsewhere.

Interesting work, but..

Software Engineer • Current Employee

December 13, 2021

Pros: * Perks * Interesting work * Some smart people

Cons: * Many young, fresh grads, inexperienced hires * No WLB

Interesting work, but..

Software Engineer • Current Employee

December 13, 2021

Pros: * Perks * Interesting work * Some smart people

Cons: * Many young, fresh grads, inexperienced hires * No WLB

Fast-paced, excellent for learning a lot of different stuff

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

February 18, 2021

Pros: Really fast, a lot of new things starting and a great opportunity to learn a lot. You can learn and have exposure to different parts of the software and customer interaction as a forward-deployed engineer, which is very unique.

Cons: As a forward-deployed engineer, you usually don't get to learn anything very deeply, other than customer interaction. You are more of a jack of all trades, master of none kind of guy.

4.0
Fast-paced, excellent for learning a lot of different stuff
Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee
February 18, 2021
Pros: Really fast, a lot of new things starting and a great opportunity to learn a lot. You can learn and have exposure to different parts of the software and customer interaction as a forward-deployed engineer, which is very unique.
Cons: As a forward-deployed engineer, you usually don't get to learn anything very deeply, other than customer interaction. You are more of a jack of all trades, master of none kind of guy.

Fantastic people at a great company

Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

Pros: - A group of incredibly talented and intelligent people and the opportunity to learn every day. This goes hand in hand with an incredibly diverse set of hard problems to solve, which keeps it interesting. - An amazing amount of flexibility over what I work on and motivation to work on the most important things.

Cons: - The learning curve is very steep, and it's difficult to board the speeding train. - If you're looking for a structured role that is the same day in, day out, and aren't prepared to be flexible in what you are working on, you should look elsewhere.

5.0
Fantastic people at a great company
Site Reliability Engineer • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
March 15, 2018
Pros: - A group of incredibly talented and intelligent people and the opportunity to learn every day. This goes hand in hand with an incredibly diverse set of hard problems to solve, which keeps it interesting. - An amazing amount of flexibility over what I work on and motivation to work on the most important things.
Cons: - The learning curve is very steep, and it's difficult to board the speeding train. - If you're looking for a structured role that is the same day in, day out, and aren't prepared to be flexible in what you are working on, you should look elsewhere.

Interesting work, but..

Software Engineer • Current Employee

December 13, 2021

Pros: * Perks * Interesting work * Some smart people

Cons: * Many young, fresh grads, inexperienced hires * No WLB

4.0
Interesting work, but..
Software Engineer • Current Employee
December 13, 2021
Pros: * Perks * Interesting work * Some smart people
Cons: * Many young, fresh grads, inexperienced hires * No WLB

Palantir Interview Questions

Find Beautiful Indices in the Given Array I

Given a string and two substrings, find the indices where the first substring occurs. Then, find the indices where the second substring occurs. Return the indices of the first substring that are close to any index of the second substring, within a specified range.

ArraysStringsTwo Pointers

Smallest String With Swaps

You're given a string and a list of index pairs. You can swap characters at these indices any number of times. Find the lexicographically smallest string you can obtain after performing these swaps.

ArraysStringsGraphsGreedy Algorithms

Find Beautiful Indices in the Given Array II

You're given a string and two patterns. Find all 'beautiful' indices where an occurrence of the first pattern is within 'k' distance of an occurrence of the second pattern.

ArraysStringsTwo Pointers

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