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Motivation and fit: why this role, why this company, and what you expect from it. Short answers in your own words.

  1. Give me your background in about a minute, ending with why this role.

    Difficulty 1 of 5

  2. This role involves travel to customer sites. What can you commit to, and what would make it unworkable?

    Difficulty 2 of 5

  3. What are your compensation expectations?

    Difficulty 2 of 5Palantir

  4. What customer-facing experience do you have? Be specific about who the customer was.

    Difficulty 2 of 5OpenAI

  5. Why forward deployed engineering, and not a software engineering role?

    Difficulty 2 of 5Palantir

  6. Why this company, and why now?

    Difficulty 2 of 5

  7. What level do you think you are, and why?

    Difficulty 3 of 5

  8. Tell me about the fastest-moving environment you have worked in. What did you like and dislike?

    Difficulty 2 of 5CognitionPro

  9. What kind of problem are you most excited to spend the next two years on?

    Difficulty 2 of 5RampPro

  10. Where else are you interviewing, and how far along are you?

    Difficulty 2 of 5Pro

  11. If we make an offer, we will need an answer within a week. Is that workable?

    Difficulty 3 of 5Pro

  12. The offer came in one level below the one you interviewed for. What do you say to the recruiter?

    Difficulty 3 of 5Pro

  13. The recruiter says the equity number is final. What do you ask next?

    Difficulty 3 of 5Pro

  14. This team supports government customers. Do you hold or can you obtain a clearance, and how do you feel about that work?

    Difficulty 3 of 5PalantirPro

  15. Which of our APIs or products have you built with, and what did you find limiting?

    Difficulty 3 of 5OpenAIPro

  16. Why Anthropic? Answer as you would on the application, then defend it.

    Difficulty 3 of 5AnthropicPro