Palantir

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience - Remote

October 1, 2022

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

1-hour Karat interview.

All graph problems that built on each other.

Then, a short 15-minute phone screen where they asked why Palantir, asked about experiences, etc.

Got rejected after the phone screen.

Questions

Why Palantir?

Explain projects and past experiences.

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Interview Statistics

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

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive0%

Neutral0%

Negative100%

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

Palantir Work Experiences

Great place for learning, but can be stressful sometimes

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

February 24, 2025

Pros: Learn a lot in a short period of time. Work with really great engineers. Competitive compensation (depends on when you join).

Cons: Stressful sometimes. The company wants to keep it clean, and that'll exploit some people. Sometimes, you may feel disoriented, and management expects you to deliver; otherwise, they'll show you the door.

Great place for learning, but can be stressful sometimes

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

February 24, 2025

Pros: Learn a lot in a short period of time. Work with really great engineers. Competitive compensation (depends on when you join).

Cons: Stressful sometimes. The company wants to keep it clean, and that'll exploit some people. Sometimes, you may feel disoriented, and management expects you to deliver; otherwise, they'll show you the door.

Smart Team, Boring Database Work

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: - Smart and diligent coworkers - Nerd culture meets business sense

Cons: The work itself becomes boring soon. It's essentially the databases 101 challenge SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE, over and over again. The promises of the contract offer were not honored in full: The starting date was pushed back several months on short notice (2 weeks). Stock was not granted in full. Many perks have been slashed after the IPO. The starting salary is high for recent graduates but then stalls. Progression cannot keep up with other tech companies.

Smart Team, Boring Database Work

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: - Smart and diligent coworkers - Nerd culture meets business sense

Cons: The work itself becomes boring soon. It's essentially the databases 101 challenge SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE, over and over again. The promises of the contract offer were not honored in full: The starting date was pushed back several months on short notice (2 weeks). Stock was not granted in full. Many perks have been slashed after the IPO. The starting salary is high for recent graduates but then stalls. Progression cannot keep up with other tech companies.

Great place with great perks and cool people, just not the right fit for me

Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee

October 15, 2021

Pros: Awesome people, awesome office. Great salary, too.

Cons: Turns out I didn't like software engineering, so I can only really blame myself here.

Great place with great perks and cool people, just not the right fit for me

Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee

October 15, 2021

Pros: Awesome people, awesome office. Great salary, too.

Cons: Turns out I didn't like software engineering, so I can only really blame myself here.

Great place for learning, but can be stressful sometimes

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Palo Alto, California, United States

February 24, 2025

Pros: Learn a lot in a short period of time. Work with really great engineers. Competitive compensation (depends on when you join).

Cons: Stressful sometimes. The company wants to keep it clean, and that'll exploit some people. Sometimes, you may feel disoriented, and management expects you to deliver; otherwise, they'll show you the door.

4.0
Great place for learning, but can be stressful sometimes
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Palo Alto, California, United States
February 24, 2025
Pros: Learn a lot in a short period of time. Work with really great engineers. Competitive compensation (depends on when you join).
Cons: Stressful sometimes. The company wants to keep it clean, and that'll exploit some people. Sometimes, you may feel disoriented, and management expects you to deliver; otherwise, they'll show you the door.

Smart Team, Boring Database Work

Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee

Pros: - Smart and diligent coworkers - Nerd culture meets business sense

Cons: The work itself becomes boring soon. It's essentially the databases 101 challenge SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE, over and over again. The promises of the contract offer were not honored in full: The starting date was pushed back several months on short notice (2 weeks). Stock was not granted in full. Many perks have been slashed after the IPO. The starting salary is high for recent graduates but then stalls. Progression cannot keep up with other tech companies.

3.0
Smart Team, Boring Database Work
Forward Deployed Software Engineer • Current Employee
March 8, 2021
Pros: - Smart and diligent coworkers - Nerd culture meets business sense
Cons: The work itself becomes boring soon. It's essentially the databases 101 challenge SELECT ... FROM ... WHERE, over and over again. The promises of the contract offer were not honored in full: The starting date was pushed back several months on short notice (2 weeks). Stock was not granted in full. Many perks have been slashed after the IPO. The starting salary is high for recent graduates but then stalls. Progression cannot keep up with other tech companies.

Great place with great perks and cool people, just not the right fit for me

Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee

October 15, 2021

Pros: Awesome people, awesome office. Great salary, too.

Cons: Turns out I didn't like software engineering, so I can only really blame myself here.

4.0
Great place with great perks and cool people, just not the right fit for me
Software Engineering Intern • Former Employee
October 15, 2021
Pros: Awesome people, awesome office. Great salary, too.
Cons: Turns out I didn't like software engineering, so I can only really blame myself here.

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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