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