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OpenAI Applied Engineer Phone Screen

Interviewed: Dec 2025

OpenAI phone screen for Applied Engineering. The bar is honestly very high. The coding part went pretty well, and the interviewer seemed satisfied.

OpenAISoftware EngineerQuestions:2Outcome:RejectedLocked

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Palantir Onsite System Design

Interviewed: Dec 2025

Interview Questions

Question 1

Design a multi-tenant data analysis platform

Question 2

Have you ever made a decision that was “politically incorrect but technically correct”?

Question 3

If the company’s direction conflicts with your personal values, what would you do?

Question 4

Have you ever refused a decision made by your manager?

PalantirSoftware EngineerQuestions:4Free

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Palantir Forward Deployed Software Engineer HR Round

Interviewed: Nov 2025

Before the interview, i'd recommended to watch some YouTube videos about Palantir and think through how Palantir differentiates itself from other companies. That should be enough t...

Interview Questions

Question 1

Resume questions

PalantirSoftware EngineerQuestions:1Free

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Palantir Recruiter Reachout

Interviewed: Sep 2025

This was my first recruiter reachout rejection after three months of job searching. Honestly, I was too careless and unprepared. The call itself was basically about discussing my r...

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Palantir FDSE

Interviewed: Sep 2025

A 45-minute second round: decomposition + design + coding .

Interview Questions

Question 1

Design a system that connects employees within a company who share the same interests.

Question 2

Given several employees and their IDs, find employees who share the same interests.

PalantirSoftware EngineerQuestions:2Free

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Palantir FDSE interview

Interviewed: Jul 2025

Interview Questions

Question 1

Internal old SQL-like language

Question 2

Design a system for distributing medicine

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Palantir SDE phone screen

Interviewed: Jun 2025

The interviewer was very nice and chill. He also asked about projects on my resume and some technical / non-technical challenges I’ve faced.

Interview Questions

Question 1

Quick fox

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Palantir support engineer

Interviewed: Jun 2025

I originally applied to Palantir through a mass application or possibly a career fair, but didn’t hear back for a while. Later, a recruiter suddenly reached out asking if I was int...

Interview Questions

Question 1

Debugging problem

PalantirSoftware EngineerQuestions:1Outcome:RejectedFree

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Palantir FDSW Recruiter Screen

Interviewed: Apr 2025

Interview Questions

Question 1

Tell me about yourself.

Question 2

Why did you pursue a PhD?

Question 3

Why Palantir?

Question 4

Are you open to travel?

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Palantir FDSE Phone Screen

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,...

Interview Questions

Question 1

Design something that helps people with similar interests connect

PalantirSoftware EngineerQuestions:1Free

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Palantir onsite coding

Interviewed: Mar 2025

Interview Questions

Question 1

Write an algorithm that can search the text for a query string efficiently

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Palantir Phone Screen

Interviewed: Mar 2025

Interview Questions

Question 1

Implement the swipe function for the 2048 game

PalantirSoftware EngineerQuestions:1Free

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