I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (London, England) in Dec 2013
Interview
They contacted me. Had three interviews so far over the phone. The people all seemed nice and guided me through the interview. The connection was kind of bad during one of the interviews which I think was just stupid since it made you feel a bit uncomfortable. Advice: use skype instead!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions about data structures (hash tables, heaps etc) and algorithms (search, recursion etc). Asked me to describe a project I found extra interesting that I recently did during my studies.
I had behavioral interviews and then 4 in person interviews. The behavioral was straightforward. There was also a data query interview where they taught you a new "language" and had you execute basic queries in it. Then there was a system design interview. I had two of these. The last one they asked me if I was deployed to the moon to identify new species of alien what kind of system would I build.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If you were deployed to the moon to identify new species of alien what kind of system would I build.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies
Interview
The interview process consisted of an initial recruiter screening followed by a technical interview with an engineer. The technical round focused primarily on LeetCode-style coding questions and problem-solving. The recruiter was responsive and the interview process was straightforward.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What is a technical project I have worked on recently.
A recruiter reached out to me and has the initial screening. Then the recruiter reached back to me after 3 weeks. You just have to wait for the recuriter to reach out to you. It could take some time.