Stop losing great FDEs to outdated interviews
Buildbox simulates real customer engagements to assess what actually matters: problem scoping, technical execution, and strategic trade-offs. Built for the 800%+ growth in FDE hiring.
The FDE hiring gap is costing you top talent
Forward Deployed Engineers combine deep AI/ML expertise, full-stack capability, and customer consulting skills. Yet most interviews only test one dimension.
The highest-impact unassessed skill? Structured problem scoping under uncertainty—the ability to transform ambiguous customer needs into concrete, shippable solutions.
Assess what actually matters
Traditional interviews test known-answer problems. FDEs spend their days navigating ambiguity. We test for that.
Customer Discovery Simulation
Watch candidates decompose vague asks like 'we want AI' into concrete, measurable projects with clear success criteria.
Live RAG Debugging
Real-world debugging scenarios with production RAG systems. See how candidates diagnose retrieval failures and optimize performance.
Build vs Buy Decisions
Strategic trade-off exercises that reveal how candidates balance custom solutions against platform scalability.
Realistic Work Samples
Move beyond whiteboard puzzles. Assess the 40-50% of FDE work that happens in customer scoping, not coding.
Structured Evaluation
Consistent rubrics across ambiguity navigation, rapid context-switching, and technical execution.
Reduce False Negatives
Stop missing great non-traditional candidates. Our simulations surface talent that generic interviews miss.
Ready to hire FDEs who can actually do the job?
Join 150+ VP Engineering and Head of FDE leaders who are rethinking how they evaluate technical talent.