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Design a system to improve traffic in NYC. Has video answer
2 months ago
Design a sync system between two employee record systems. Has video answer
2 months ago
Why Palantir?
2 months ago
Build something to gather data of life on a planet.
a year ago
Tell me about a time you failed.
+45 months ago7 answers
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Tell me about a time when you dealt with a difficult person at work.
+47 months ago2 answers
Design a system that lets multiple teams query a shared dataset without exposing the underlying raw data.
4 months ago
Tell me about a time you pushed back on a customer request.
a month ago
Given a dataset of taxi trips with fields like fare, locations, times, and distance, propose a solution that helps drivers and could ship within a week.
4 months ago
Why Palantir, and what specifically draws you to the mission?
4 months ago
Tell me about your biggest failure.
+97 days ago2 answers
Design an application to catalog and log species while exploring an unfamiliar environment.
3 months ago
Break down a logistics or operations challenge into components, then define the APIs and data each piece needs.
4 months ago
Tell me about a project you worked on.
+122 months ago
Design a pipeline that ingests terabytes of sensor data in mixed formats like JSON, CSV, and XML, then surfaces failure predictions to a non-technical end-user.
4 months ago
Design a system to help a delivery driver decide which food orders to pick up, then extend it to how the platform assigns orders at scale.
4 months ago
Walk me through the specific metrics and trade-offs from a project you owned.
4 months ago
Why FDSE?
a year ago
Given a binary array where an operation cycles a row's elements to the left or right, return the minimum number of operations needed to create a column of 1s. If not possible, return 0.
2 years ago1 answer
What does your day-to-day look like at your current company?
4 years ago3 answers

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Palantir Interview Questions

Design a system to improve traffic in NYC. Has video answer

Design a sync system between two employee record systems. Has video answer

Why Palantir?

Build something to gather data of life on a planet.

Tell me about a time you failed.

Tell me about a time when you dealt with a difficult person at work.

Design a system that lets multiple teams query a shared dataset without exposing the underlying raw data.

Tell me about a time you pushed back on a customer request.

Given a dataset of taxi trips with fields like fare, locations, times, and distance, propose a solution that helps drivers and could ship within a week.

Why Palantir, and what specifically draws you to the mission?

Tell me about your biggest failure.

Design an application to catalog and log species while exploring an unfamiliar environment.

Break down a logistics or operations challenge into components, then define the APIs and data each piece needs.

Tell me about a project you worked on.

Design a pipeline that ingests terabytes of sensor data in mixed formats like JSON, CSV, and XML, then surfaces failure predictions to a non-technical end-user.

Design a system to help a delivery driver decide which food orders to pick up, then extend it to how the platform assigns orders at scale.

Walk me through the specific metrics and trade-offs from a project you owned.

Why FDSE?

Given a binary array where an operation cycles a row's elements to the left or right, return the minimum number of operations needed to create a column of 1s. If not possible, return 0.

What does your day-to-day look like at your current company?

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