I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY) in Feb 2014
Interview
It's a lot easier to get a referral through a friend. I had a visit with a team member at Palantir, then a couple of casual phone conversations about the position, then a phone interview with a team member. All and all, a very pleasant and informative process. Really great looking NYC office!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
You have a random number generator and 100 numbers in a column in order. How do you get this column of numbers randomly generated in a new column? What's the methodology? What are some problems with this methodology?
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?