Palantir

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Argentina

November 1, 2022

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I had a phone screen with a very supportive recruiter.

Then, I completed a Karat Interview with a Karat engineer.

Later, I heard back the same day to schedule two technical interviews back-to-back a month later.

Questions

Phone screen and Karat.

Tell me about yourself.

Why Palantir?

Tell me about your technical background.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Palantir Software Engineer (Internship) role in Argentina.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Palantir's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in Argentina is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive100%

Neutral0%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for Palantir's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in Argentina.

Palantir Work Experiences

Good, Bad, Still Great

Software Engineer • Former Employee

October 25, 2021

Pros: Good, sometimes, all the times.

Cons: Bad sometimes, never really, yeah.

Good, Bad, Still Great

Software Engineer • Former Employee

October 25, 2021

Pros: Good, sometimes, all the times.

Cons: Bad sometimes, never really, yeah.

Brilliant and open-minded people with a hyperactive work culture

Engineer (Both Product and Forward-Deployed) • Former Employee

December 17, 2017

Pros: Everybody I met at Palantir was incredibly intelligent and friendly, and I found a surprising lack of politics compared to other companies. Palantir is a meritocracy. People here really care a great deal about their work and the ethics of what they do, and there is an open and honest dialog. Senior leadership makes a great effort to be available to anybody, and the company is very transparent. Internal support (travel, expenses, legal, visa) works without a hitch. You will get a chance to travel all across the world and have direct access to interesting clients or tech. Palantir was always flexible to meet my needs.

Cons: Palantir hires fairly homogeneously when it comes to work ethic. There are upsides to this, but the big downside is a group effect of extreme hours and counter-productive short-term pivots. Working incredibly hard and being extraordinarily flexible is glorified from the top: the ideal Palantirian works constantly, moves countries at the drop of a hat, works through the night with only a moment's notice, enjoys working in chaos, and constantly espouses the company. Some may find this energizing, but many will find it draining and burn out.

Brilliant and open-minded people with a hyperactive work culture

Engineer (Both Product and Forward-Deployed) • Former Employee

December 17, 2017

Pros: Everybody I met at Palantir was incredibly intelligent and friendly, and I found a surprising lack of politics compared to other companies. Palantir is a meritocracy. People here really care a great deal about their work and the ethics of what they do, and there is an open and honest dialog. Senior leadership makes a great effort to be available to anybody, and the company is very transparent. Internal support (travel, expenses, legal, visa) works without a hitch. You will get a chance to travel all across the world and have direct access to interesting clients or tech. Palantir was always flexible to meet my needs.

Cons: Palantir hires fairly homogeneously when it comes to work ethic. There are upsides to this, but the big downside is a group effect of extreme hours and counter-productive short-term pivots. Working incredibly hard and being extraordinarily flexible is glorified from the top: the ideal Palantirian works constantly, moves countries at the drop of a hat, works through the night with only a moment's notice, enjoys working in chaos, and constantly espouses the company. Some may find this energizing, but many will find it draining and burn out.

Teams of passionate, hard-working, and smart people

Software Engineer • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

November 5, 2021

Pros: Very smart coworkers Mission-oriented people who care Great products and tech stack Lots of responsibility and autonomy on each team

Cons: The autonomy of each team can make some teams stronger or better run than others.

Teams of passionate, hard-working, and smart people

Software Engineer • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

November 5, 2021

Pros: Very smart coworkers Mission-oriented people who care Great products and tech stack Lots of responsibility and autonomy on each team

Cons: The autonomy of each team can make some teams stronger or better run than others.

Good, Bad, Still Great

Software Engineer • Former Employee

October 25, 2021

Pros: Good, sometimes, all the times.

Cons: Bad sometimes, never really, yeah.

5.0
Good, Bad, Still Great
Software Engineer • Former Employee
October 25, 2021
Pros: Good, sometimes, all the times.
Cons: Bad sometimes, never really, yeah.

Brilliant and open-minded people with a hyperactive work culture

Engineer (Both Product and Forward-Deployed) • Former Employee

December 17, 2017

Pros: Everybody I met at Palantir was incredibly intelligent and friendly, and I found a surprising lack of politics compared to other companies. Palantir is a meritocracy. People here really care a great deal about their work and the ethics of what they do, and there is an open and honest dialog. Senior leadership makes a great effort to be available to anybody, and the company is very transparent. Internal support (travel, expenses, legal, visa) works without a hitch. You will get a chance to travel all across the world and have direct access to interesting clients or tech. Palantir was always flexible to meet my needs.

Cons: Palantir hires fairly homogeneously when it comes to work ethic. There are upsides to this, but the big downside is a group effect of extreme hours and counter-productive short-term pivots. Working incredibly hard and being extraordinarily flexible is glorified from the top: the ideal Palantirian works constantly, moves countries at the drop of a hat, works through the night with only a moment's notice, enjoys working in chaos, and constantly espouses the company. Some may find this energizing, but many will find it draining and burn out.

5.0
Brilliant and open-minded people with a hyperactive work culture
Engineer (Both Product and Forward-Deployed) • Former Employee
December 17, 2017
Pros: Everybody I met at Palantir was incredibly intelligent and friendly, and I found a surprising lack of politics compared to other companies. Palantir is a meritocracy. People here really care a great deal about their work and the ethics of what they do, and there is an open and honest dialog. Senior leadership makes a great effort to be available to anybody, and the company is very transparent. Internal support (travel, expenses, legal, visa) works without a hitch. You will get a chance to travel all across the world and have direct access to interesting clients or tech. Palantir was always flexible to meet my needs.
Cons: Palantir hires fairly homogeneously when it comes to work ethic. There are upsides to this, but the big downside is a group effect of extreme hours and counter-productive short-term pivots. Working incredibly hard and being extraordinarily flexible is glorified from the top: the ideal Palantirian works constantly, moves countries at the drop of a hat, works through the night with only a moment's notice, enjoys working in chaos, and constantly espouses the company. Some may find this energizing, but many will find it draining and burn out.

Teams of passionate, hard-working, and smart people

Software Engineer • Former Employee

New York, New York, United States

November 5, 2021

Pros: Very smart coworkers Mission-oriented people who care Great products and tech stack Lots of responsibility and autonomy on each team

Cons: The autonomy of each team can make some teams stronger or better run than others.

4.0
Teams of passionate, hard-working, and smart people
Software Engineer • Former Employee
New York, New York, United States
November 5, 2021
Pros: Very smart coworkers Mission-oriented people who care Great products and tech stack Lots of responsibility and autonomy on each team
Cons: The autonomy of each team can make some teams stronger or better run than others.

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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