I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (Palo Alto, CA) in Feb 2014
Interview
Applied online and was contacted the next day for a phone interview. Had the phone interview two days later and a few days after that was invited to an onsite interview. They treat you really nicely as a candidate and are great with communicating. I spoke with a recruited a few days before the interview and she detailed the schedule for the interview day and was very clear and straightforward.
The day of the onsite consisted of 3 back-to-back interviews in the morning as others on here have said. I had a portfolio review and two interaction design exercises. The portfolio was 1:1 but the two exercises had an interviewer and a newer hire shadowing the process, so it got a little hectic with two people firing questions and ideas at me during the whiteboard exercises. The questions weren't extraordinarily difficult but I couldn't keep up with all the questions and iterations that they expected. Each of the interviews were fairly casual but still stressful nonetheless.
After the interviews, I went to lunch with a couple people from the team that hadn't interviewed and then did a tour of the design space. After that we did a demo of the product. After the demo, those who move forward are invited to do more interviews, but I didn't make the cut.
It was my first onsite design interview -- I wasn't prepared (mostly mentally) for the whiteboard exercises- I felt really scatterbrained and my wireframes were all over the place. They got back to me with feedback promptly- though I wish it were more in depth, it was clear that they take the hiring process seriously and thoughtfully.
Overall it was a good experience. The people LOVE the work they do and believe in the company's mission and culture. That was really motivating and awesome to see.
The interview process included a 2-hour design assessment, a quick recruiter call, and a case study interview. The questions were pretty standard overall. In the case study round, most of the conversation focused on how I collaborated with others and specific details from the deck I shared.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What was the collaboration process for this project?
After submitting the application, I had a technical round, had a remote white board challenge where they had me physically draw out the frames and handwrite everything. The prompt was tough.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is the most challenging product / project that you have designed for and what was the impact or outcome? What were your learnings from this experience?
I applied online. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY) in Oct 2025
Interview
It was a very smooth process — it started with me presenting my case studies, followed by a few follow-up questions about them. The interview had a strict 45-minute cutoff.