Palantir

“Said no because I'm on a green card, not a citizen.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Palantir, Recruiter / HR Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The phone screen wasn't with HR, it was an engineer, which threw me off a bit.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Palantir, Onsite - Multi Round round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Needed a hint to get to the optimal approach, which already felt bad.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Palantir, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The first part, building the interest-to-employees map, felt manageable.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Palantir, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started with the data model and that was probably the right call.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Palantir, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one tripped me up more than I expected.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Palantir, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Straightforward BFS, which is exactly what you'd reach for when all edges cost the same.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Palantir, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The bug itself was obvious once they pointed to the one-way treatment, but I fumbled a bit explaining why bidirectional matters in terms of the data structure.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Palantir, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“You get to pick the project, which sounds like a gift until you're mid-explanation and realize you picked something too complicated to summarize in 15 minutes.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Palantir, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The class setup is genuinely messy to read.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Palantir, Onsite - Coding / Algorithms round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.