# Google Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) Interview Questions Aced (formerly Exponent) publishes a public search API over its indexed pages; the guide is at https://www.aced.io/agents/agent-access. Source: https://www.aced.io/guides/google-forward-deployed-engineer-interview/questions Source observed: 2026-11-04T22:32:01.561Z Last checked: 2026-11-04T22:32:01.561+00:00 Indexed: 2026-11-05T21:29:34.429+00:00 --- # Google Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) Interview Questions We provide this Aced (formerly Exponent) question collection for candidates preparing for Google's Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) interviews. It contains 34 questions and is organized within our Google FDE interview guide. Updated a month ago by Google candidates. ## Guide sections - [Expert guide](https://www.aced.io/guides/google-forward-deployed-engineer-interview) - [Interview experiences](https://www.aced.io/guides/google-forward-deployed-engineer-interview/experiences) — 1 experience - [Questions](https://www.aced.io/guides/google-forward-deployed-engineer-interview/questions) — 34 questions - [Resumes](https://www.aced.io/guides/google-forward-deployed-engineer-interview/resumes) ## Trending Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) interview questions at Google Each listed question can be opened for details and practiced on Aced. Answer counts and relative dates are displayed as supplied by the page. 1. [Tell me about a time you made a mistake. Has video answer](https://www.aced.io/questions/240/mistake) — 117 answers; +28; 8 days ago. 2. [Reverse a linked list.](https://www.aced.io/questions/3247/reverse-linked-list) — 100 answers; +10; 5 months ago. 3. [Tell me about yourself. Has video answer](https://www.aced.io/questions/104/tell-me-about-yourself) — 134 answers; +107; 7 days ago. 4. [Design a retrieval-augmented generation system over a customer's private data.](https://www.aced.io/questions/6455/design-rag-for-customer) — 6 months ago. 5. [What is the project you are most proud of? Has video answer](https://www.aced.io/questions/1031/project-you-are-most-proud-of) — 60 answers; +35; 9 days ago. 6. [Have you worked with AI or generative AI products before?](https://www.aced.io/questions/5978/ai-experience) — 3 answers; +5; 2 months ago. 7. [Tell me about your past projects.](https://www.aced.io/questions/4229/past-projects) — 5 answers; +64; 8 days ago. 8. [Explain how RAG works.](https://www.aced.io/questions/5877/explain-rag) — 5 answers; +6; 7 days ago. 9. [How have you managed risk in a project?](https://www.aced.io/questions/931/managing-risk-in-project) — 17 answers; +5; 5 months ago. 10. [Tell me about a time when you received negative feedback and how you handled it.](https://www.aced.io/questions/775/negative-feedback-how-handled) — 11 answers; +11; 5 months ago. [See more questions →](https://www.aced.io/questions?company=google&role=forward-deployed-engineer&sortBy=hot) ## Related Aced offerings We offer preparation resources including [courses](https://www.aced.io/courses?src=footer), [coaching](https://www.aced.io/coaching?src=footer), [interview guides](https://www.aced.io/guides?src=footer), [interview experiences](https://www.aced.io/experiences?src=footer), [interview questions](https://www.aced.io/questions?src=footer), [peer mock interviews](https://www.aced.io/practice?src=footer), [job boards](https://www.aced.io/jobs?src=footer), [job referrals](https://www.aced.io/jobs/referrals?src=footer), and [all companies](https://www.aced.io/companies?src=footer). 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