I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies in June 2014
Interview
Sent resume/cover letter via website and had a current employee forward my resume. Got an interview request three days later, and scheduled a phone interview two days after that. Phone interview was ~45 minutes. Almost two weeks later I received an email that they had decided not to move forward with another interview.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
If I picked a number between 1 and 1000, what procedure would you use to determine my number?
I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY)
Interview
They really want to get to know you throughout the process, and see how you think about data in different ways and how you solve problems. You have to build a product which takes a long time.
Started with a quick review of my recent experiences and behavioral questions, and then jumped into a SQL interview. It was mostly a large code file which had a lot of bugs in it that had to be fixed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked my about a recent project I worked on at my recent experience and then asked follow up questions about implementation decisions for the project.
I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY)
Interview
There were 3 stages:
1. Chat with a currently deployment strategist (20 min)
2. Onsite interview: consisted of a 45 minute technical comprehension portion and a 45 minute decomposition portion
3. Interview with hiring manager (30-60 min)
After passing a round, they were very quick to get back to me, usually same day or end of the next business day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is work you have done that you are very proud of?