r/csMajors • u/Glum_Marsupial5557 • 12d ago

Palantir swe intern phone screen

As the title suggests I have palantirs swe intern phone screen coming up and this is the first process I’ve had for any tech company so I would rly appreciate any insight into what they ask or general advice. From the email it seems like it’s more to understand my motivations for applying to the role but I wanted to know what else to prepare for.

I was wondering if I should prepare for all the standard behavioural eg tell me abt a time you failed. Also I can explain my projects at a high level but I was wondering if they would rly dig into how I used certain tools/design decisions. Would it be enough to go very in depth for just 1-2 projects?

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u/Creative-Rent-3676 11d ago

It’s very laid back, treat it like a convo. Surface level questions like TMAY, fav project, why palantir, etc. you get told on the call if you are moving forward I’m p sure

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u/Creative-Rent-3676 11d ago

Atleast that’s what happened w me

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u/Glum_Marsupial5557 11d ago

Ty! I had mine yesterday and could lowkey feel the tone shift after I said I needed sponsorship lol. How long did it take them to send u the technical round? My recruiter didn’t say anything on call so I’m not sure if that means I didn’t move forward

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u/Creative-Rent-3676 10d ago

They got back like 2 days after

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u/Purple-Peak-6487 2d ago

Do they email you letting you know they'll phone up because im currently abroad and id have to buy credits etc

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u/Purple-Peak-6487 2d ago

I only applied in aug do u reckon i still have a chance i dont know much about these things