Ten questions on the FDE role, the operating loop, your first week, and the Messages API. You need 8 out of 10 to pass. You can retry as many times as you like.
Ten questions on the FDE role, the operating loop, your first week, and the Messages API. You need 8 out of 10 to pass. You can retry as many times as you like.
1. What most clearly separates a forward deployed engineer from a consultant?
2. Which problem statement is the best output of discovery?
3. Your riskiest assumption is that the customer's ticket data can be exported and is usable. What should you build first?
4. A pilot has an enthusiastic champion but no executive sponsor. What is the most likely outcome if nothing changes?
5. With scores impact × urgency ÷ effort, which request ranks highest? A: impact 5, urgency 4, effort 4. B: impact 3, urgency 4, effort 1. C: impact 5, urgency 5, effort 10.
6. Why is `response.content[0].text` a fragile way to read a Claude response?
7. A response comes back with stop_reason == 'max_tokens'. What does that mean?
8. At $4 per million input tokens and $20 per million output tokens, what does a call with 10,000 input and 1,000 output tokens cost?
9. Which is the best weekly update format for a customer sponsor?
10. The customer's IT director keeps delaying your data access. What is the best first move?