Multiple rounds of virtual interviews, then a full day (8 hours) of onsite interviews with four different people. Lunch was also provided but like a mini personal interview too. There were also people getting trained in the interview, which made it a bit uncomfortable (i.e. a second person in their observing)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Different style questions from each interviewer. Some about general software engineering (how would you design this game), other more leet code/hackerrank style
Overall the interview process was great, if not a bit long. The recruiting team was very responsive and friendly, oftentimes getting back to me very quickly after rounds.
However, the number of rounds and the time between them still drew the process out to be a bit longer than I expected.
Questions were not the most 'technically' challenging, but it definitely felt more so that the assessment was done with small questions looking to see if the way you think and approach problems, as well as your willingness to work with the interviewer.
Got to meet a lot of interesting people through the process working on different projects. Definitely a great way to learn about the company and the work you may be doing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interest in FDSE over SWE, the company, and the sector I choose to apply for
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies
Interview
Had multiple rounds, can't remember exactly, but I think it was six, including the online assessment. Got rejected, which is okay, but I asked for feedback and never heard back. Questions are not difficult for a CS student.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies
Interview
30 minute exploratory phone call interview where the recruiter asks you basic "tell me about yourself" and "Why Palantir? questions. 30 minute technical coding interview on HackerRank. The coding interview is medium to hard questions on leetcode and are one-on-one with an engineer from the area you are applying to.