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Google Forward-Deployed Engineer Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a Google Forward-Deployed Engineer interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated daily.

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System DesignStart here. 4 questions · ~47 min
Enterprise AI Agent ArchitectureHard

Design a secure multi-agent platform for automotive engineering, sales, support, legal, and supply-chain workflows.

agentic systemsenterprise architectureauthorizationGoogle
Agent vs Media Content SolutionHard

Choose and design either an agent workflow automation or generative media solution through discovery, alignment, architecture, and implementation.

agent workflowsarchitecture patternsagent designGoogle
Creative Story-Writing Agent DesignHard

Design an AI agent that helps users co-write stories, balancing creativity, coherence, safety, and low-latency interactive responses.

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Design a Low Latency RAG PlatformHard
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Design a low latency RAG system over millions of documents, with scalable retrieval, ranking, generation, and production monitoring.

low latencyscalabilityRAG architectureGoogle
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More topics4 questions · ~47 min
Prefix Query Lexicographic RetrievalMedium
Practice

Match each prefix to its dictionary words and return lexicographically ordered results, including empty strings for misses.

null handlingJoinsAggregationsGoogle
Autocomplete System DesignMedium
Practice

Build a trie that returns all words matching a prefix in lexicographic order.

ArraysData StructuresAlgorithmsGoogle
Designing an Agentic SystemHard
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Evaluates your system design tradeoffs for scalability, privacy, and real-world constraints.

system designscalabilityGoogle
Building AI Systems KnowledgeMedium
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Assesses your approach to applying relevant knowledge when building AI systems.

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Handling Missing DataEasy
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Recently asked
Practice drill

Replace missing sales fields with defined defaults and return a consistently ordered dataset.

missing valuesdata cleaningnull handlingUniversity of MinnesotaThe Home DepotNationwide
Top Transaction Users by CountryMedium
Practice
Recently asked
Practice drill

Use joins, aggregation, and ROW_NUMBER to find the top 3 users per country by total transaction volume.

JoinsRankingAggregationsGoogleFeaturespaceRevolut
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