I recently got an interview for a new grad software engineering role at Palantir London. I am super excited but also a bit worried since I haven't LeetCoded for a while now. I did some preliminary research into the interviews at Palantir and found tons of horror stories of people who had tons super hard interview rounds... It seems like they are extremely selective and the pass percentage of an onsite is super low. Is this true, or are these articles all kinda biased? P.S. also, in case anyone has any idea, what are the most important topics that one should be thorough with, in case of an interview at Palantir (e.g. DP or Graph or sys design, or something like that...)
The interview questions are not very hard, but they are selective for sure. The experience is worth a shot :) But if you are underprepared, ask for more time.
From bank to Palantir? Are you based out of London or?
I am an undergrad from India. I had an internship at JP Morgan this summer..
JP Morgan Bangalore or Mumbai? Are you from IIT? Were you invited onsite?
I was interning at JP Morgan Mumbai. I am from IIT Guwahati. I have currently qualified the online assessment followed by the behavioural. next up is the phone screen followed by the onsite!
Could you please share what was asked in behavioural round?
I did the new grad interview at palantir last year. The process is very long with a coding assessment, hr/behavior call, tech screen, and at least one onsite. During the onsite, there's various presentations where they judge you based on engagement, ability to communicate, and ability to ask critical questions. Expect leetcode hard and a debugging round in java.
Yeah, I am done with the coding assessment and the behavioural call. Next is the tech screen followed by the onsite. Thanks a lot for the insight! I will brush up on my Java!
Don't crack them. Master them!
I did well on the three morning rounds, but apparently failed the afternoon HM round which was entirely behavioral 🤷
oh Thanks a lot for that! I will definitely take the behaviourals seriously!
I mean, If they were impossible then they would never fill any job openings
Their initial take home screen is tough as nail
Palantir is super overrated so I wouldn’t stress the interview. But yeah if you want to get in they are super selective.
It was cool in 2012. Now it’s another boring data analytics company. Tableau for defense.
Sounds like someone didn't get the job