I feel like overall, the work in Europe might be more interesting and in addition to this, I might not have another opportunity to work overseas again. No housing subsidy, less interesting pay, worse software quality, highly questionable cost cutting techniques / strategies. You should reconsider why you think they have top talent. Glassdoor gives you an inside look at what it's like to work at Palantir Technologies, including salaries, reviews, office photos, and more. I get pretty annoyed at how much this sub's perception of companies has to do with what's essentially advertising and marketing, rather than any evaluation of the company's product. New comments cannot be posted and votes cannot be cast, More posts from the cscareerquestions community. Looking for advice/tips on what to talk about so I can pass this part. All the dumb problems we offload to Palantir are really cool junior-mid level problems; more exciting than add a button to a widget, or write some database call in our Big N special framework, or just being a bug ticket monkey. interviews there, which includes 1 coding test, two phone and then 2x 5 on-sites and she still got rejected. 2. In a panic, I started applying to summer internships because I’d be losing my job security (no pun intended). TOP 58 Comments Microsoft iamletired If you want to live in NYC, either Palantir or Google for full time. 11 Palantir Technologies jobs in London, England, including salaries, reviews, and other job information posted anonymously by Palantir Technologies employees in London. During this time I also found two separate internships, one at a breakout list company and another at Google. No, it does not boost your selection quality, it's just cheaper as you don't need to filter tons of applications. Maybe they mostly hire people who are already employed. Software Engineers at Palantir build software at scale to transform how organizations around the world use data. Love your job. Finally I said enough, no tech internship could possibly be worth what would be 8 interviews or more if I kept going. Palantir says the job is hard and doesn't build products to make it easier. I was thinking that the London office might have more interesting work, as Palantir's European clients might be a bit more diverse, and I may get the opportunity to learn a bit about European relationships. And, don't forget, they build the systems that Edward Snowden told us about.... and a lot more besides, They also seem to be pissing off a lot of people in Palo Alto, like the mayor. Palantir is a flat-hierarchy company, where you make your own path and the structure is very loose and based on merits. Internship. + View all intern positions. I applied to Palantir back in the Winter of 2015 for a Forward Deployed Engineer Intern role. Sounds to me like they don't trust their own staff so referrals probably wouldn't work. People circlejerk so much over a select few companies, but the truth is, only a select few people get to actually do anything interesting at those places. Want to comment? Palantir Intern HR Screen Tips Requested Hi blinders, Recently heard back from a Palantir recruiter to have a 30 min chat to assess my fit and to ask questions regarding the role, FDE intern. Glassdoor gives you an inside look at what it's like to work at Palantir Technologies, including salaries, reviews, office photos, and more. Again, very team dependent. Palantir was founded on the conviction that it's essential to preserve fundamental principles of privacy and civil liberties while using data. You also work very hard (with amazing people, on fascinating problems). A subreddit for those with questions about working in the tech industry or in a computer-science-related job. At Palantir, we work for the common good—within our organization and with other organizations around the world. It's really unfortunate to see that there is so much negativity towards Palantir, especially expressed by people who have never before worked there. A few months ago, I accepted an offer for a fall internship at Palantir as a Forward Deployed Engineer in their NYC office. jrbapna on May 7, 2016. Not only is the recruiting process awful, but I think a company would have to be seriously delusional about its status to think that 5 months and 6 interviews later I'll take a day off of work from my current internship to take the CalTrain down to Palo Alto and do some brain teasers on a whiteboard so that maybe I can get another hiring manager interview for a role as a glorified customer support engineer that I didn't actually want in the first place. Is it nice / generally close to the office? There's some weirdness in politics. We go above and beyond to create a rewarding experience where the brightest minds can learn and contribute to the art and science of investing. Do note that this graph only shows salary data averaged across each company. There will be months that are relaxing and months that are 80 hours a week, multiple all-nighters hell. Oh yeah they are trollin, only explanation.. but if a company wasted that much of my life I'd def get some form of petty revenge that thus wastes 2x that much time for them. Press J to jump to the feed. Palantir Path is an internship program for students looking to accelerate their personal and technical growth in preparation for a successful, impactful career in tech. I feel that there is an unreasonable amount of hate towards Palantir from an outsider's perspective about them being an evil company, toxic culture, not doing any real work, etc., but these opinions usually come from people who've never worked there. I am a Romanian studying in the UK and applied for the NY office so I qualify as international, I suppose. I'm asking this question because I thought maybe I was an outlier, but heard of several people with similar experiences. Recently, I was given the option to intern in London instead if I'd like. It's classic consulting - McKinsey/Bain/BCG could achieve 97% of their results with tier 2 grads instead of Harvard/Wharton grads at lower salaries, but you gotta wow the clients to win the jobs.