The organization Identified published a research study last week that looked at the top engineers in the world by company and university. Palantir was honored to top the list. We have always valued an engineering mindset, and as any Stanford computer scientist will tell you, our interviews are legendary for their technical depth. What's more, we offer our engineers direct access to working with some of the world's most important organizations on the most challenging substantive problems. We look forward to continuing that work.
A short summary of the study can be found here and the full study can be found here.

source: Identified. "Revenge of the Nerds", Part 2 of 3. January 26, 2012.
http://identified.typepad.com/files/revengeofthenerds2.pdf