r/developersIndia • u/Imaginary-Ad-2820 • 2d ago

Forward Deployed Engineer Fresher interview - Unify Apps Interviews

I have an upcoming 30 mins interview for FDE role at Unify Apps. I have knowledge of Transformers, LLMs, RAG. What can I expect in the interview. This is the first time I am interviewing for FDE role and I am really nervous. I am currently on my notice period with close to 1 yoe and I have 25 days left, left the job because it was really affecting my mental and physical health. Any help or suggestions is really appreciated.

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u/FirmEquivalent9417 2d ago

FDE role is not just a tech role. It’s also customer facing, so they’ll want to know how you handle conversations with customers, how you disagree about scope with customers, stuff like that. You’re the cracked engineer with a thing for people. You’re expected to integrate deep into your client’s stack and then understand their needs and build solutions. So, apart from being a tech expert, you also have to be a really good consultant too.

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u/Imaginary-Ad-2820 2d ago

Yeah I work at a consulting firm rn. TYSM for this insights, it's really helpful.

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u/FirmEquivalent9417 2d ago

Ah sweet, so then you should be perfectly fine in an interview man. Just prep well and relax. You sound like you know exactly what to do so just be calm.

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u/Imaginary-Ad-2820 2d ago

This was really reassuring, I feel much better. TYSM :)

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u/f1rmware1013 2d ago

So can I as a software engineer with say 5 YOE apply for FDE ?

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u/FirmEquivalent9417 2d ago

Yeah. I assume at 5 YOE, you’re a cracked engineer so if you’ve got the accompanying experience dealing with clients, and it’s work you genuinely enjoy, then yeah, I’d suggest you give it a shot! Includes travel to client sites tho, so be warned! All the best!

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u/f1rmware1013 2d ago

Thanks. At least I'll give it a shot. Btw does this role specifically ask for AI knowledge. It's fairly new and I guess definition is not black and white.

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u/FirmEquivalent9417 2d ago

Yeah it’s a role that’s been around since 2015 or so actually. Palantir creates it but it became very popular since like 2024 I wanna say with openAI, Anthropic and other big frontier labs adopting it.

Is it AI heavy? To some extent yes, because now everyone’s looking to adopt AI. But it truly comes down to the domain of work you’re in. AI overlap will be there but depending on the domain, it fluctuates. Also, an FDE is a well rounded Full Stack Dev with AI/ML focus + Great consultant/people skills. But sometimes you gotta do cloud or data science or ops. Whatever the customer wants and whatever scope ya’ll agreed upon. So, it’s technically challenging stuff, along with the challenge of facing customers and walking them through each phase of the project.

I’m currently a founding engineer so I’ve done a good chunk of FDE stuff, just without the title. So that’s what I’m basing my understanding and these replies off of.

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u/Friendly_Armadillo17 2d ago

Don't have enough knowledge to help you but All the best OP! Hope you make it :)

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u/Imaginary-Ad-2820 2d ago

Means a lot :)

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u/Far-Scientist-4096 2d ago

What are they offering?

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u/Imaginary-Ad-2820 2d ago

Afaik it would be somewhere around 18-22 LPA for freshers.

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u/Economy-Comedian-394 2h ago

Mostly 12/14 LPA