Company loops
C3 AI’s AI screening interview and the coding rounds candidates describe
Two candidates report C3 AI’s FDE process opening with an AI interview, then coding and system design. What it asks and how to prepare for each step.
FDE interviews by company
What each employer publishes about its loop, kept apart from what candidates report, with the date of every report.
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Company loops
Cognition’s deployed engineer take-home: what candidates built with the Devin API
What candidates built for the Cognition take-home, the two Devin API calls you need, and how to scope, guard and present the integration.
Company loops
Databricks AI FDE coding round: preparing for applied data science and machine learning
What Databricks publishes, what one candidate was told about the AI FDE coding round, and a prep plan: a baseline model, leakage checks and trade-offs.
Company loops
Databricks resident solutions architect vs FDE: what the postings show and a candidate’s report
Databricks resident solutions architect vs FDE: what Databricks’ own pages say about each role, one candidate’s conversion report, and how to prepare.
Company loops
Google Cloud customer engineer vs forward deployed engineer: same company, different jobs
Google Cloud customer engineer vs forward deployed engineer: what each posting says the job is, how pay is structured, and what candidates report.
Company loops
Google FDE interview: the RRK round and the agentic design role-play candidates describe
RRK is Google’s role-related knowledge round. What FDE candidates report it covers, and a worked answer to an agentic design prompt.
Company loops
OpenAI FDE take-home: what OpenAI says, what candidates report, and how to prepare for any format
OpenAI says formats vary by team. One FDE candidate reported a week-long build; others, a five-hour build or a design doc. One routine covers all three.
Company loops
Palantir Build to Apply: how to build and film the demo Palantir asks for
Palantir’s Build to Apply postings want a Foundry and AIP project and a short demo video. Who can apply, how to get set up, and how to build and film it.
Company loops
Palantir FDSE internship interview: every published step, what interns report, and how to prep
What Palantir publishes about its FDSE internship interview, what intern candidates report about the learning and decomposition rounds, and how to prepare.
Company loops
Palantir FDSE interview experiences: what Palantir publishes and what candidates report
Palantir says its interview format is personalized. Its published outline beside dated FDSE candidate reports, and the round types to prepare for.
Company loops
Passed the Google FDE loop but stuck in team matching? What candidates report and what to do
You passed the Google FDE interviews and then heard nothing. What candidates report about team matching and headcount, and what to do while you wait.
Company loops
Salesforce Agentforce FDE interview: what candidates report, round by round
Salesforce’s Agentforce FDE interviews as candidates describe them: an online test, a hiring-manager round, AI questions and, for one, Apex and LWCs.
Start with a guide
Every post belongs to a longer guide. Each guide covers its topic whole.
- The decomposition interview: how to break down a vague customer problem
- The forward deployed engineer interview, round by round
- The forward deployed engineer resume
- Forward deployed engineer salary: what employers post and file
- Forward deployed engineer vs sales engineer
- Forward deployed engineer vs software engineer
- Forward deployed engineer vs solutions architect
- What is a forward deployed engineer?