After seeing them at a careers fair and filling in an a short quiz got an email asking for resume and CV. Then had a phone interview. Most questions were on data structures and algorithms (eg. sort the letters in one word by the order they occur in another). This was followed by an in person interview where I was asked questions by 4 or 5 different people. There were "personal" questions (eg. what would you do if you didn't need to work) and some technical questions, especially about explaining projects I had completed.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Sort the letters in one string by the order they occur in another in linear time.
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.