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.
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.
Two phone screenings over the phone. Mainly about background, why Palantir, and what I was looking for in a future employer. Then a technical phone interview. About 45 minutes with a Forward Deployed Software Engineer. The main focus was code, with
I was contacted on LinkedIn by a recruiter. I had a conversation with an FDE in the field and was invited onsite for an interview. While other recruiters might have been distant, the one I worked with was amazing. Overall, I loved the experience.
I had the first 20-minute phone interview. The interviewer asked basic questions about me. They slightly surprised me, but were not hard to answer. And at the end, of course, if I had questions, I could ask her.
Two phone screenings over the phone. Mainly about background, why Palantir, and what I was looking for in a future employer. Then a technical phone interview. About 45 minutes with a Forward Deployed Software Engineer. The main focus was code, with
I was contacted on LinkedIn by a recruiter. I had a conversation with an FDE in the field and was invited onsite for an interview. While other recruiters might have been distant, the one I worked with was amazing. Overall, I loved the experience.
I had the first 20-minute phone interview. The interviewer asked basic questions about me. They slightly surprised me, but were not hard to answer. And at the end, of course, if I had questions, I could ask her.