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Why Palantir?
a month ago
Tell me about a time you failed.
+44 months ago7 answers
Design a system that lets multiple teams query a shared dataset without exposing the underlying raw data.
3 months ago
Tell me about a time when you dealt with a difficult person at work.
+46 months ago2 answers
Tell me about your biggest failure.
+83 months ago2 answers
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Why Palantir, and what specifically draws you to the mission?
3 months 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
Walk me through the specific metrics and trade-offs from a project you owned.
3 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.
3 months ago
Break down a logistics or operations challenge into components, then define the APIs and data each piece needs.
3 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.
3 months ago
Design an application to catalog and log species while exploring an unfamiliar environment.
3 months ago
Tell me about a project you worked on.
+12a month 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
Walk me through your favorite and least favorite projects from past work.
3 months ago
What does your day-to-day look like at your current company?
4 years ago3 answers
Why did you choose to attend [College]?
4 years ago3 answers
What's the most fun thing you did recently?
2 years ago
Tell me about a time you predicted something.
2 years ago
Why did you become a Software Engineer?
4 years ago

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Palantir Interview Questions

Why Palantir?

Tell me about a time you failed.

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

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

Tell me about your biggest failure.

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

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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

Tell me about a project you worked on.

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.

Walk me through your favorite and least favorite projects from past work.

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

Why did you choose to attend [College]?

What's the most fun thing you did recently?

Tell me about a time you predicted something.

Why did you become a Software Engineer?

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