[bossyTeacher]

>the effort on their end was almost exclusively on technical and cultural fit interviews

How could you possibly know if they use other undisclosed methods as part of the recruitment? You are assuming Palatir would behave ethically. Palantir, the company that will never win awards based on ethics

[linkregister]

References were not contacted. Colleagues at the company are unaware of such practices.

It is impossible to prove a negative, but having strongly held beliefs without evidence is an antipattern.

[basket_horse]

You’re over thinking it. Like all top tech companies, they just want the best engineers.

[tl]

On the contrary, they hire the trendiest: https://danluu.com/programmer-moneyball/

[basket_horse]

Yeah this seems accurate, I just mean they aren’t looking at your google searches when deciding if they should hire you.

[well_ackshually]

Ah yes, Palantir is "just" a tech company.

Notwithstanding the fact that tech companies hire dogshit employees all the time and the vast majority of employees of any company of size 1000+ are average at best, Palantir happens to be rating so high on the scale of evil that I'd pop champagne if it got nuked tomorrow.

If any company would do it, it would be Palantir.

[basket_horse]

That’s the point. If any company would do it, it’s Palantir, and they don’t. In fact it’s quite the opposite. Their negative public image makes hiring more difficult causing them to accept what they can get.

Also, I’m not saying they have the best talent, just that they want the best talent.