I applied through a recruiter. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies (McLean, VA) in Jul 2013
Interview
I got a LinkedIn reference to the recruiter from a mutual friend for the initial contact. Two HR phone screens that were pretty easy, and two phone interviews with Mission Specialists that were the toughest I'd had. No technical questions, but project management and client relationship scenarios that I found difficult, not having a thorough PM background. That got me the onsite team interview - more project management questions, which I thought I did OK on, but apparently not good enough to get an offer. Cultural fit is key for them - I was pretty much told by earlier interviewers to ask company culture questions from the later ones.
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Question 1
The assignment given before the onsite interview (do some data analysis with their tools) was frustrating - the public data set did not contain a lot of the information they were looking for, and the analysis they wanted was rather disjointed.
It was clear from the beginning of my interview that the interviewer had already found someone else, and I quickly received an email after my interview informing me that the role had been filled internally.
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Question 1
Standard behavioural questions, mission-specific questions
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies
Interview
the process is extremely long. It took three 1-hour phone interviews. Then an all day in-person interviews for 9 hours. The interviews were with over 9 people. The last interview is with one of the co-founders. That process may have changed recently given the demand for their time. The process was a straight forward. Be sure to interview the interviewers to determine what you are getting into. They ask a lot of questions to determine if you are a good fit. This company has so many moving parts, please interview them to determine what moving part you are getting into.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
no crazy or unexpected questions. I was interviewing for a management position. Therefore, the questions were straightforward about my passions, talents and abilities.
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Palantir Technologies
Interview
Applied via referral and received an email from a recruiter within a week. Scheduled a phone screen which was brief, but fairly detailed. The interviewer sounded distracted/disinterested throughout. Following the phone interview, I received an assignment to complete using Palantir. The assignment took about 2 hours. After submitting it, I heard nothing for two weeks, then received an email telling me that they were interested in candidates with more technical skills.