Interview Experiences
High-quality candidate-shared interview experiences with key information.
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.
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?
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
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.
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
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
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?
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
Palantir onsite coding
Interviewed: Mar 2025
Interview Questions
Question 1
Write an algorithm that can search the text for a query string efficiently
Palantir Phone Screen
Interviewed: Mar 2025
Interview Questions
Question 1
Implement the swipe function for the 2048 game