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C3.ai Forward-Deployed Engineer Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a C3.ai Forward-Deployed Engineer interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated weekly.

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CodingStart here. 11 questions · ~116 min
Directed Graph Cycle DetectionMedium
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Determine whether a directed graph contains a cycle using DFS or topological sorting.

RecursionGraphsC3.ai
First Non-Repeating CharacterEasy
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Find the first non-repeating character in a string using frequency counting and a second pass in O(n) time.

Hash TablesStringsSearchingC3.ai
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Behavioral & Leadership8 questions · ~84 min
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More topics6 questions · ~63 min
Choose Monolith or MicroservicesMedium
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Evaluate the execution trade-offs between monoliths and microservices and explain how you would choose the right approach.

Trade-offsRisk AssessmentScope ManagementC3.ai
Design Real-Time IoT Sensor PipelineHard
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Design a real-time IoT telemetry pipeline processing 180K sensor events/sec with <10s latency, replayability, data quality checks, and warehouse delivery.

InfrastructureStream ProcessingDependenciesC3.ai
Predictive Maintenance Schema DesignMedium
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Tests data modeling skills for time-series and predictive maintenance use cases.

designC3.ai
Scalable Notification ServiceHard
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Tests your ability to design event-driven, scalable services with reliability and throughput.

scalabilityC3.ai
Consistency During Network PartitionsHard
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Tests distributed systems knowledge around consistency, availability, and failure modes.

distributed systemsdata consistencyC3.ai
AI/ML Theory Behind SolutionsHard

Evaluates your ability to justify AI/ML design decisions and communicate the rationale clearly.

case studyC3.ai

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