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Forward Deployed Software Engineer, Internship - Commercial

Palantir · Chicago, IL · Internship · Delta

Posted Jun 30, 2026 · We last checked this listing on Oct 6, 2026

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Likely interview questions for this role

Written from this job description, not a generic list. Each one notes what the interviewer is really checking.

About your past

Tell me about a project where you had to learn a new domain quickly to solve a problem.

What they are checking: Whether they can dig into an unfamiliar customer world fast, which is what forward deployed engineers do.

Tell me about a time you were stuck. How long did you wait before asking for help?

What they are checking: Whether they balance independence with knowing when to ask, which matters for a fast-moving intern.

Tell me about a time you worked on a team where people disagreed on the approach.

What they are checking: Whether they can work through disagreement and keep moving toward the outcome.

Why does this kind of embedded, customer-facing engineering appeal to you?

What they are checking: Whether they understand and want the ambiguity, travel and ownership the role involves.

What would you do

A utility wants to predict which parts of its grid are at highest wildfire risk. What data would you ask for first?

What they are checking: Whether they can translate a real-world problem into concrete data needs and a first step.

You are an intern and the customer asks you for something the product cannot do. What do you do?

What they are checking: Whether they take ownership and look for a way forward while keeping their team informed.

How would you show a factory manager that your tool is actually helping?

What they are checking: Whether they measure impact in the customer's terms, not just technical output.

About the work

Write or describe code that merges two sorted lists of timestamps and finds overlapping intervals.

What they are checking: Whether they have strong coding fundamentals for the data problems they will face.

How would you clean a dataset where dates come in three different formats and some rows are duplicated?

What they are checking: Whether they handle messy data carefully, which is constant in customer work.

Explain the difference between a SQL inner join and a left join, and when the choice changes your answer.

What they are checking: Whether they understand data fundamentals well enough to avoid silent errors.

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The full job description

As published by Palantir.

A World-Changing Company Palantir builds the world’s leading software for data-driven decisions and operations. By bringing the right data to the people who need it, our platforms empower our partners to develop lifesaving drugs, forecast supply chain disruptions, locate missing children, and more. The Forward Deployed Engineer, Internship Forward Deployed Engineering is a radical commitment to the outcome. This is Palantir’s operating ethos. We pioneered this unique position, embedding engineers directly with our customers to tackle their most pressing challenges head-on. As an FDE, you’ll be at the intersection of world-changing problems and impactful technology, shaping solutions where they matter most. From hospital beds to factory floors, Forward Deployed Engineers (FDEs) embed themselves in the customer’s reality until the problem is theirs. This requires walking many miles in a customer’s shoes, building past the perimeter of what the product currently offers, and deviating from every pre-existing formula to solve the problem. Whether that problem is “How do we predict and mitigate wildfire risks across a power grid?” or “How can we analyze and adapt a global supply chain to deliver critical parts on time?” You’ll use your technical expertise, creativity, and problem-solving skills to drive real-world impact. Core Responsibilities To solve mission-critical problems by deploying software and AI into the high stakes operations of the world’s leading institutions. This requires a ruthless commitment to truth-seeking and prioritizing real outcomes. The work is difficult. The stakes are real. You will work in small, high-trust teams and own projects end-to-end, from the first conversation with a customer, to shipping the product that changes how they operate. You will embed with the customer, the chaos, and the consequences, and will be entrusted with real ownership to: • Collaborate with engineers to make architecture and design decisions • Wrestle with data at a scale that breaks assumptions and demands invention • Build custom applications, LLM workflows, and production solutions engineered for a specific customer's reality • Own relationships with stakeholders from the users in the weeds to the executives making the calls As an Intern, you will be entrusted with responsibility on day 1. You will not be handed a ticket queue. You will not be shielded from the customer, the chaos, or the consequences. FDEs are entrusted with real ownership, operating with real autonomy, and held to a real standard, no matter their tenure.

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