Palantir | SWE Intern | London | May

Position: Software Engineering Intern @ Palantir, London. Location: London, UK.

I applied for the internship through their careers page.

Interview Process:

1. Online Technical Test (1 hour):

   • Algorithmic problem:
     • Given a list of trades/transactions (BUY/SELL of stocks, amount of stocks and their prices) being done by many traders, parse it in proper format and then find fraudulent traders. Fraudulent traders were defined as those who make a profit of more than 5 million USD in a period of 3 days.

2. Phone Screening Interview (30 mins)

• Self Introduction.
• Previous project discussion.
• Regular behavioural questions.

3. Skype Interview (30 mins):
   • Self Introduction
   • Project Discussion.
   • Algorithmic problem:
     • Given a postfix numeric expression, evaluate it and return the result of the expression, considering it to be valid.

Overall, the interview experience was unique. Palantir is a high growth and fast-paced organisation and it expects you to show the same. A good resume, good interaction with the recruiter and interviewers is expected, while maintaining technical accuracy in your answers.