Interview Experiences
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Phone Screen on Metric Task Scheduling
Interviewed: Sep 2025
I spent a long time clarifying the task before coding because the scheduling rules had several edge cases, especially around same-level tasks.
Phone Screen on Driver-Passenger Matching
Interviewed: Sep 2025
Phone Screen on Verifying Alien Dictionary
Interviewed: Sep 2025
My first scheduled interview was a no-show, so the recruiter rescheduled me with the same interviewer two days later. After I finished quickly, we ended the call early and I passed...
Onsite Loop with Bus Routes, Parking Lot OOD, and Driver Heatmap Design
Interviewed: Sep 2025
My onsite had two coding rounds, one system design round, and a long behavioral or hiring manager round. The recruiter suggested preparing slides for the project deep dive, and tha...
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...
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.
Virtual Onsite with Bus Routes, Alien Dictionary, and ChatGPT Design
Interviewed: Aug 2025
My virtual onsite had four rounds: two coding rounds, a hiring manager round, and a system design round.
Virtual Onsite with Online Shopping Cart Design, First Unique Number, and Courier Capacity Timeline
Interviewed: Aug 2025
I went through a virtual onsite. The process had full-screen sharing. The interview month was Aug 2025.
Virtual Onsite with Longest Stable Subarray, Folder Structure Printing, and Coding Competition System
Interviewed: Aug 2025
I went through a virtual onsite. The interview month was Aug 2025.
Virtual Onsite focused on Online Shopping Cart Design
Interviewed: Aug 2025
I went through a virtual onsite. The interview month was Aug 2025.
Palantir FDSE interview
Interviewed: Jul 2025
Interview Questions
Question 1
Internal old SQL-like language
Question 2
Design a system for distributing medicine
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