Palantir Interview Questions and Guide
Complex problem decomposition, data ontology design, practical algorithmic problem solving, and end-to-end ownership.
The Palantir interview loop
- Recruiter screen
- Technical phone screen (coding + decomposition)
- Onsite: Decomposition round (system modeling), practical coding, algorithmic problem solving, and culture interview
Palantir interview questions
- Design DoorDash (Food Delivery)
- Design an Enterprise Data Integration Platform
- Design a Data Labeling Platform
- Number of Islands
- Course Schedule (Ordering)
- Network Delay Time
- Word Search II
- Tell me about a problem you noticed that nobody else was addressing
- Tell me about working with a difficult stakeholder
- Tell me about a time you had to learn something new quickly
- Tell me about a time you pushed back on a request
- Tell me about a time you had to earn the trust of a skeptical team
- Tell me about a judgment call where others disagreed with you
- Tell me about a big decision you made without asking for permission
- Tell me about a time your values were tested at work
- Walk me through your life story
- Describe the hardest problem you've solved
- Tell me about solving a problem from first principles
- Teach me something you recently learned