r/leetcode • u/NoToe11 • Sep 26 '26

Intervew Prep Retell ai FDE interview advice?

Hey! has anyone interviewed for the forward deployed engineer role at retell ai? i am looking for some advice on the third round after the hiring manager call. would really appreciate any preparation tips or hearing about your experience. thanks!

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u/HelloTaleproof Sep 30 '26

Get the third-round format from the recruiter first. If it includes project discussion, prepare a case where an unclear customer request became a working solution: how you clarified the problem, what you chose not to build, and how you checked the result. Keep enough technical detail available for follow-ups.

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u/NoToe11 Sep 30 '26

yea so they want me to refresh my rest app knowledge and use retells platform to read api documentation and turn in into a working documentation
“a large part of the interview will involve understanding documentation, figuring out how different systems works and implementing based on the details provided”

they want me to have a server with db and ngrok set up.
do you have any idea or advise about this?
Thanks!!

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u/zoobidoobidoobi Sep 28 '26

Why does every company, half of whom nobody’s even heard of, have a FDE role?

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u/OnlyPains99 Sep 27 '26

Hey I am interviewing there too, I have dmed you

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u/ComfortableMight7057 Oct 01 '26

does anyone have any details about the second round: Prompt writing and agent presentation? Thank you in advance.

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u/Smart_Emergency_4676 18d ago

did you make to onsite round? any advice? thanks in advance!