I interviewed at Palantir Technologies in May 2026
Difficult interview
Application
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies in Oct 2022
Interview
I felt valued throughout the process until I got my rejection at the very end. I had been through 6 rounds of interviews at this point (all of them were 75% technical and 25% behavioral), and I had prepared a lot for every step. And then, after my final round, which I thought I did pretty well in, I get rejected. It's just kind of frustrating that they'd continue interviewing me over the course of 2 months just to reject me at the end, when I didn't even perform badly. I was able to complete all of the technical problems set before me, and answer all the behavioral questions, too. Definitely the hardest interview process, and also the most fruitless. Not sure what they want from their prospective interns.
1. 20 minute behavioral interview a few weeks after applying
2. 90 minute OA through hackerrank, 3 problems of easy-med leetcode difficulty, completable within 5 days, was immediately sent link after behavioral interview
3. 45 minute technical coding, medium leetcode, sent about 2 days after completing the OA
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why choose Palantir, what about tech interests you, how do you use AI in daily life, etc.
Just the pre-screen behavioral round, was asked: why are you choosing to get your master's degree, what classes do you enjoy, what are you looking for in an internship? Seemed like just a deep dive on my interests, didn't even ask why palantir.
I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (New York, NY)
Interview
One technical round then they put you onto a "superday" which consists of a debugging interview and then a mini system design interview, and then you have a hiring manager behavioral. I had two behaviorals
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked me about what I would look for in an internship, what made me choose my last internship and what I would change about it as well