Palantir

Software Engineer Interview Experience - London, United Kingdom

May 1, 2018

Positive ExperienceGot Offer

Process

I had a phone screen interview, which covered both behavioral and quick coding questions. This was followed by an online coding question and four on-site coding questions.

The phone screen felt more like a chat, featuring quick behavioral and coding questions.

The online coding question was administered on an interview website, allowing me to test and compile my code.

The four on-site questions spanned a full day and included system design as well as algorithm questions.

Questions

Given intervals [L, R], how do you merge those intervals such that the same points are covered, but there are no overlapping intervals?

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 43 interview experiences for the Palantir Software Engineer role in London, United Kingdom.

Success Rate

2%

Pass Rate

Palantir's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in London, the United Kingdom is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive63%

Neutral23%

Negative14%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Palantir's Software Engineer interview process in London, United Kingdom.

Palantir Work Experiences

Good Pay, Overworked Hours

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

September 18, 2023

Pros: Good pay at this company.

Cons: A lot of work around the clock.

Good Pay, Overworked Hours

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

September 18, 2023

Pros: Good pay at this company.

Cons: A lot of work around the clock.

Hard Work, Lots Of Work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Good done, hard work. Busy.

Cons: Lots and lots of work. Busy.

Hard Work, Lots Of Work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Good done, hard work. Busy.

Cons: Lots and lots of work. Busy.

Work: Good. Work/life balance: Bad. Management: Worst!!

Software Engineer • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

September 27, 2014

Pros: Good and challenging work. As a new hire, you get to make changes to the core elements. Perks are good, especially the housing subsidy. Smart and intelligent co-workers.

Cons: Very poor and bad management. Inexperienced managers are given too much control; they are not at all good at communicating and have a poor judgment of employee skills. The flat hierarchy is a hoax. Extreme work culture and poor work/life balance.

Work: Good. Work/life balance: Bad. Management: Worst!!

Software Engineer • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

September 27, 2014

Pros: Good and challenging work. As a new hire, you get to make changes to the core elements. Perks are good, especially the housing subsidy. Smart and intelligent co-workers.

Cons: Very poor and bad management. Inexperienced managers are given too much control; they are not at all good at communicating and have a poor judgment of employee skills. The flat hierarchy is a hoax. Extreme work culture and poor work/life balance.

Good Pay, Overworked Hours

Software Engineer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

September 18, 2023

Pros: Good pay at this company.

Cons: A lot of work around the clock.

4.0
Good Pay, Overworked Hours
Software Engineer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
September 18, 2023
Pros: Good pay at this company.
Cons: A lot of work around the clock.

Hard Work, Lots Of Work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: Good done, hard work. Busy.

Cons: Lots and lots of work. Busy.

3.0
Hard Work, Lots Of Work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
March 31, 2021
Pros: Good done, hard work. Busy.
Cons: Lots and lots of work. Busy.

Work: Good. Work/life balance: Bad. Management: Worst!!

Software Engineer • Former Employee

London, England, United Kingdom

September 27, 2014

Pros: Good and challenging work. As a new hire, you get to make changes to the core elements. Perks are good, especially the housing subsidy. Smart and intelligent co-workers.

Cons: Very poor and bad management. Inexperienced managers are given too much control; they are not at all good at communicating and have a poor judgment of employee skills. The flat hierarchy is a hoax. Extreme work culture and poor work/life balance.

1.0
Work: Good. Work/life balance: Bad. Management: Worst!!
Software Engineer • Former Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
September 27, 2014
Pros: Good and challenging work. As a new hire, you get to make changes to the core elements. Perks are good, especially the housing subsidy. Smart and intelligent co-workers.
Cons: Very poor and bad management. Inexperienced managers are given too much control; they are not at all good at communicating and have a poor judgment of employee skills. The flat hierarchy is a hoax. Extreme work culture and poor work/life balance.

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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