Software Engineer New Grad applicants have rated the interview process at Palantir Technologies with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 40% positive. To compare, the company-average is 49% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer New Grad roles take an average of 44 days to get hired, when considering 5 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Palantir Technologies overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Palantir Technologies as a Software Engineer New Grad according to 5 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Personality test: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
Skills test: 17%
Presentation: 17%
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I applied online. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies
Interview
I applied online to the new grad position and received an email a few days later with a coding challenge to complete online within a week. The coding challenge had a 1 hr 15 min limit. I nearly finished debugging my solution when time ran out. Needless to say, I got an email shortly saying I would not move on.
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Question 1
Detect 'insider trading' based on string input of stock price, users' buy/sell data for some range of days.
If profit made or loss prevented is greater that the given value, that trade is considered an insider trade.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (London, England) in Oct 2025
Interview
first Online Assessment, which contains 2 medium-easy leetcode style questions and 1 Rest API design. then phone screen, which is a behavioral kind of questions. then Technical leetcode style questions.
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Question 1
on phone screen, about the projects and experiences, also why palantir, if I am applying to any other company, If I have a competitive offers.
on Technical, since they might ask you more than 1 question don't take ur time on the first one, the question was designing a round robin kind of system, its using hashmap and lists
Applied to position, first round is 15 min recruiter intro phone call before doing any leetcode questions. Asked about why company, experiences on the resume, basic background info (sponsorship, willingness to relocate). The next rounds should be technical questions and coding.
I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY) in Oct 2025
Interview
First Recruiter Phone Screen - grinded hard on theoretical technical questions. Asked about previous experiences, tradeoffs, decisions, and if you were satisfied or not satisfied from your previous employer. Overall it was good
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Question 1
What was something that didn't satisfy you in your previous work experience?