How to get an internship at Palantir? What kind of background do you need



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I had offer deadlines pending, so my application was expedited.

Application Process:

  1. Recruiter reached out to me after seeing my LinkedIn profile.
  2. Scheduled phone interview
  3. Scheduled another phone interview
  4. Scheduled another phone interview
  5. Three-hour technical Skype interview.
  6. I received an offer to work as a Product Quality Engineer Intern two days later.

My background:

  • Working towards a BS in Computer Science at UIUC, with a respectable GPA
  • Worked an internship abroad the summer before with a large project in NLP
  • Standard flipping burgers work experience, volunteer experience
  • Heavily involved with two registered student organizations, for one of which I served as Vice-President and Web Developer

Your background is very important on your resume, but honestly, once you'Mais honnêtement, une fois que vous avez obtenu un entretien, vos compétences techniques comptent beaucoup plus que votre expérience professionnelle antérieure (même si quelques questions peuvent être posées sur votre parcours, ne vous y trompez pas). Les questions d'entretien technique prennent beaucoup plus d'importance que les questions comportementales, comme on peut s'y attendre avec n'importe quel secteur de l'industrie technologique.