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Forward Deployed Engineering Interviews

Land your next role in forward deployed engineering (FDE) at top companies like Google, Anthropic, OpenAI, and startups. Learn from mock interviews, frameworks, and advice from senior candidates. Perfect your system design, coding, and behavioral interviews.
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Taught by FDEs from the top AI companies

Saurabh Shrivastava
Kamesh Vedula
What you'll find in these courses
5 courses
53 hours

FDE Introduction

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An overview of how to tackle the forward deployed engineer interview loop, with lessons on the interview structure and tips to prepare.

System Design Interviews

10 modules
53 lessons
35 videos
Learn how to answer system design questions with in-depth video examples and lessons that teach the fundamental concepts of scalable systems. Put your knowledge to the test with our self-guided exercises, or watch how engineers and managers answer these questions themselves.

Software Engineering Coding Questions

15 modules
116 lessons
26 videos
Review fundamental SWE concepts to help you tackle programming problems with confidence. Master the key data structures and algorithms in a variety of real coding questions and expert videos.

Behavioral Interviews: A Practical Guide for Engineers

5 modules
27 lessons
18 videos
Get offers at the level you deserve. Prep for senior+ behavioral interviews at FAANG and Tier-1 companies. Made with staff and principal engineers from Meta, Netflix, Google, and more. Avoid downleveling, elevate past projects, and stop sounding like a robot.

Generative AI Interviews

4 modules
15 lessons
Ace your interviews at AI-first and AI-powered companies. Learn to explain how Gen AI really works, where it fails, and how to use it responsibly. Understand how top tech companies build and deploy AI products and how generative AI works in production, from LLMs and RAG systems to real-world deployment.

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