Process
The interview process first started with a technical coding interview, conducted through a third-party platform.
There was a brief call with the recruiter afterwards.
Later, I went through two more technical interviews, each with a software engineer working at the company.
Questions
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 304 interview experiences for the Palantir Software Engineer role in United States.
Success Rate
6%
Pass Rate
Palantir's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Positive44%
Neutral36%
Negative20%
Candidates reported having good feelings for Palantir's Software Engineer interview process in United States.
Palantir Work Experiences
5.0
Extremely exciting place to work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
June 4, 2019
Pros: - Incredible colleagues
- Fast pace
- High impact
Cons: - Requires everyone to be self-driven. If you're not naturally that way, it can be a difficult place.
2.0
Decent Pay, Terrible Management
Software Engineer • Current Employee
London, England, United Kingdom
June 29, 2025
Pros: - decent compensation
- food
Cons: Management is very bad. Decisions are made behind closed doors, and people are fired with little notice. Having an unqualified manager or a bad relationship means you are out the door for no fault of yours.
5.0
A contagious drive to make the world better
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
August 4, 2016
Pros: - Brilliant people, domain experts, quick thinkers, constructively critical.
- Opportunity to solve problems and impact a variety of institutions and domains that doesn't exist anywhere else.
- Teammates honestly depend on the hard work of each other, and it keeps us moving forward.
- Great culture of working hard on important, high-stakes work and supporting the people you're working with. Not super political.
Cons: If you don't know how to prioritize your own work/life balance, you will have to learn.
The sensitive nature of certain work requires secrecy, which can often be perceived as malintent by default.
- 5.0Extremely exciting place to workSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeJune 4, 2019Pros: - Incredible colleagues - Fast pace - High impactCons: - Requires everyone to be self-driven. If you're not naturally that way, it can be a difficult place.
- 2.0Decent Pay, Terrible ManagementSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeLondon, England, United KingdomJune 29, 2025Pros: - decent compensation - foodCons: Management is very bad. Decisions are made behind closed doors, and people are fired with little notice. Having an unqualified manager or a bad relationship means you are out the door for no fault of yours.
- 5.0A contagious drive to make the world betterSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeePalo Alto, California, United StatesAugust 4, 2016Pros: - Brilliant people, domain experts, quick thinkers, constructively critical. - Opportunity to solve problems and impact a variety of institutions and domains that doesn't exist anywhere else. - Teammates honestly depend on the hard work of each other, and it keeps us moving forward. - Great culture of working hard on important, high-stakes work and supporting the people you're working with. Not super political.Cons: If you don't know how to prioritize your own work/life balance, you will have to learn. The sensitive nature of certain work requires secrecy, which can often be perceived as malintent by default.
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