Palantir FDSE Phone Screen
Company: Palantir
Role: Software Engineer
Interview Month: Apr 2025
Interview Round: Phone Screen
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Interviewed: Apr 2025
The self-introduction lasted only about 2 minutes before jumping into the problem. The interviewer was very engaged, actively discussing approaches, guiding me, and providing hints...
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Interviewed: Apr 2025
I received an email and scheduled the first round phone screen. My solution was deemed not optimal by the interviewer, who indicated a more efficient approach existed. I received a...
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Interviewed: Apr 2025
The recruiter reached out for a general backend engineering hire. The phone screen had two rounds: a 45-minute project deep dive followed by a coding round. I was rejected the next...
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Interviewed: Apr 2025
A recent phone screen. The conversation went fine, but I was rejected the next day. I observed that some teams at DoorDash appear to have moved away from the traditional coding for...
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Interviewed: Apr 2025
I wrote up this report right after finishing the phone screen. I made a mistake on time complexity mid-interview but self-corrected. After a week of no response, I assumed rejectio...
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Tell me about yourself.
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Why did you pursue a PhD?
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Why Palantir?
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Are you open to travel?
Interviewed: Apr 2025
Applied at the end of February for Palantir FDSE. In early March, had a 20-minute phone screen with Mission Ops. This was purely behavioral, covering introduction, resume/projects,...
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Design something that helps people with similar interests connect
Interviewed: Mar 2025
I initially thought I failed the phone screen but was surprised to pass. Overall, DoorDash interviews feel very open-ended, focusing on trade-offs rather than requiring a specific...
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Interviewed: Mar 2025
The phone screen resembled a take-home project where the starter code made the task self-evident; I could prepare in advance and then redo it live. The onsite consisted of four rou...
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Interviewed: Mar 2025
I went through a full loop: phone screen with a coding problem, then onsite with code craft, debug, system design, and behavioral rounds. The code craft and debug rounds are a newe...
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Interviewed: Mar 2025
I solved the main problem and ran all test cases successfully. The follow-up question required more thought; I explained a correct approach but did not have time to code it. Two da...
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