Interview
Anthropic FDE interview
Anthropic Applied / Forward Deployed loops probe careful deployment judgment: systems coding, agent orchestration, eval design, and clear customer communication.
What interviewers optimize for
- Python systems coding with production taste
- Multi-step agents with tool use and failure handling
- Quantitative eval rubrics (quality, latency, cost, safety)
- Enterprise requirements without hand-wavy demos
Practice prompts
- Design an eval harness for a Claude-powered internal support agent
- Wire tools into an agent safely (permissions, logging, kill switch)
- Explain when MCP-style integrations beat one-off API glue
- Scope a 30-day enterprise pilot with measurable success criteria
Cross-train: FDE interview questions, system design, case / decomp.
Comp & role context
Structured bands and FAQ: Anthropic FDE hub.