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OpenAI Forward Deployed Engineer Interview Process

Mar 26 · 5 min read · OpenAI needs no introduction. They're the company behind ChatGPT, GPT-4, and DALL-E. But most people don't know about one of their most interesting roles: Forward Deployed Engineer. An FDE at OpenAI i

xAI Software Engineer Interview Process

Mar 26 · 5 min read · xAI has been impossible to ignore. Elon Musk's AI company is building Grok (the AI powering X), running massive GPU clusters, and now expanding into X Money payments. When I got the chance to intervie

Sakana AI Software Engineer Interview Process

Mar 26 · 5 min read · Sakana AI isn't a name most people outside Japan know yet, but in the AI research world, they're turning heads. Founded in Tokyo by David Ha (former Google Brain) and Llion Jones (one of the co-author

Sierra Software Engineer, Agent Interview Experience

Mar 26 · 5 min read · Recruiter Call The process started with a 30-minute recruiter call. No technical questions here, just a conversation about my background, why Sierra, and what I'm looking for. The recruiter was genui

Databricks Software Engineer Interview

Jan 10 · 5 min read · Databricks has been on my radar for a while. They're the company behind Apache Spark and the whole "data lakehouse" concept that's been taking over the data engineering world. When I got the opportunity to interview, I was excited but also nervous—I'...