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Figma (must) Sales (nice) Salesforce Zendesk Marketing (must) Compliance (must) Onboarding (must)
What this posting asks for
Level: Senior — The posting asks for 5+ years of experience.
Main responsibilities
- Partner directly with teams across GTM, Finance, People, Legal, Support, and other business functions to understand workflows and identify high-value opportu…
- Design, build, and productionize AI agents, assistants, and workflow automations that solve real business problems using LLMs, tool calling, RAG, structured …
- Build evaluations and feedback loops to measure accuracy, reliability, and business impact before and after AI solutions reach production
- Design deterministic guardrails, human-in-the-loop controls, and approval patterns for workflows where AI systems take business-critical actions
- Build production-ready systems with strong observability, failure handling, security, authentication, authorization, and auditability
- Help define how Figma approaches Applied AI engineering and scales AI adoption across the company
Competencies an interviewer will look for
- Technical skill Core
In the posting: “Figma’s platform helps teams bring ideas to life—whether you're brainstorming, creating a prototype, translating designs into code, or iterating with AI.” · “This isn’t a role focused only on building AI demos: you’ll own solutions through production, help determine where AI adds value and where traditional rules-…” · “Help define how Figma approaches Applied AI engineering and scales AI adoption across the company”
Show it by: Names the tools, languages or systems used and how; Explains a technical choice and its trade-off. - Teamwork and collaboration Core
In the posting: “If you're excited to shape the future of design and collaboration, join us!” · “As an AI Engineer, Internal Tools, you’ll work directly with teams across Figma to identify high-value AI opportunities and take them to production, moving f…” · “As common patterns emerge, you’ll partner with our Platform & Tooling and Infrastructure teams to build reusable capabilities that make future AI builds fast…”
Show it by: Says what they did inside a team, not only what 'we' did; Shows how a disagreement was handled. - Planning and organisation Core
In the posting: “We’re a small, high-leverage team organized around three pillars: Platform & Tooling, Infrastructure & Hosting, and Applied AI Builds, and this role is a key…” · “parental leave and reproductive or family planning support;” · “Figma also offers sales incentive compensation for most sales roles and an annual bonus plan for eligible non-sales roles.”
Show it by: Shows how priorities were set when everything was urgent; Mentions deadlines met and how. - Data and analysis Core
In the posting: “As an AI Engineer, Internal Tools, you’ll work directly with teams across Figma to identify high-value AI opportunities and take them to production, moving f…” · “Design, build, and productionize AI agents, assistants, and workflow automations that solve real business problems using LLMs, tool calling, RAG, structured …” · “Integrate AI applications with enterprise systems and data sources across GTM, Finance, People, Support, and internal APIs”
Show it by: Uses a number to describe the situation or the result; Explains what the data showed and what was done with it. - Adaptability and learning Core
In the posting: “Experience working directly with non-engineering stakeholders to understand ambiguous business problems and translate them into technical solutions and abili…” · “We believe in hiring smart, curious people who are excited to learn and develop their skills.” · “Exempt employees are eligible for employer‑provided paid flexible PTO in addition to flexible paid sick leave.”
Show it by: Describes learning something new quickly and using it; Shows a change of plan and how they adjusted. - Attention to detail and quality Core
In the posting: “Figma employees are among the most AI-active in the industry, and our Internal AI team, part of FTS (our Business Technology org), helps turn that energy int…” · “This isn’t a role focused only on building AI demos: you’ll own solutions through production, help determine where AI adds value and where traditional rules-…” · “Build evaluations and feedback loops to measure accuracy, reliability, and business impact before and after AI solutions reach production”
Show it by: Gives an example of an error caught before it caused harm; Names the check or standard they used. - Problem solving Supporting
In the posting: “Design, build, and productionize AI agents, assistants, and workflow automations that solve real business problems using LLMs, tool calling, RAG, structured …”
Show it by: Describes a real problem, the options considered and the one chosen; Shows how the cause was found, not just the fix. - Communication Supporting
In the posting: “Ensuring all written communication be compatible with screen readers”
Show it by: Adapts the message to the listener; Gives an example of explaining something clearly in writing or speech. - Stakeholder management Supporting
In the posting: “Experience working directly with non-engineering stakeholders to understand ambiguous business problems and translate them into technical solutions and abili…”
Show it by: Shows how they aligned people with different goals; Explains how they handled a 'no' from someone senior.
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Practice questions
- Tell me about yourself. Dedicated step-by-step practice.
- If an interviewer asks something improper How to respond to questions about age, family, origin or health.
- Built from this posting (8):
- Walk me through a piece of work where you used your strongest technical skill. What exactly did you do? From this posting
- Describe a time you worked with another team to deliver something. What was your part? From this posting
- You have three urgent tasks due today and time to finish only two. How do you decide? From this posting
- Tell me about a time you used data or numbers to make a decision. From this posting
- How have you used figma in your work? Walk me through one real example. From this posting
- Tell me about a problem you solved using marketing. From this posting
- Tell me about a time you helped someone on your team get better at their work. From this posting
- Tell me about a difficult problem you solved at work. How did you find the cause? From this posting
- This posting reads as Finance & accounting: its questions come first.
- How do you make sure your work holds up in an audit? Finance & accounting
- Tell me about a time you found an error in a financial report or reconciliation. Finance & accounting
- Walk me through how you build a budget or forecast. Finance & accounting
- It is the last day of month-end close and a balance will not tie out. What do you do? Finance & accounting
- Describe a time you explained a financial result to a manager outside finance. Finance & accounting
- Tell me about an analysis that saved money or found revenue. Finance & accounting
- Three urgent requests arrive during close. How do you decide the order? Finance & accounting
- Describe a finance process you made faster or more reliable. Finance & accounting
- How do you keep track of many open customer requests?
- Tell me about a sale or agreement you are proud of.
- How do you keep your pipeline organised?
- Describe a time you handled an upset customer or colleague.
- Tell me about a time you had several deadlines at once. How did you decide what to do first?
- Give an example of a mistake you caught before it caused a problem.
- Tell me about a time you taught someone how to do something.
- Describe a time you took the lead without being asked.
- Tell me about a time you had to explain something complicated in simple terms.
- Describe a process you improved.
- Do you have any questions for us?
- Why do you want to work here?
- Why is there a gap in your employment? Difficult question
- Why did you leave your last job? Difficult question
- Why are you changing careers? Difficult question
- What is your greatest weakness? Difficult question
- What are your salary expectations? Difficult question
- You seem overqualified for this role. Why do you want it? Difficult question
- Improper-question practice: How old are you? / Do you have children? / Where are you from originally?
- A customer is angry about a delay you did not cause. What do you do?
- Tell me about a time you could not give a customer what they wanted.
- You find that the inventory count does not match the system. What do you do?
- Tell me about a time a shipment or delivery went wrong.
- How do you make sure safety rules are followed on a busy shift?
- Two managers ask you to book the same room at the same time. What do you do?
- How have you used spreadsheets in your work?
- Tell me about a time you had to enter or check a lot of data accurately.
- A prospect says your price is too high. How do you respond?
- Tell me about a technical problem you solved on your own.
- You find a bug right before a release. What do you do?
- Walk me through how you would check whether a report's numbers are right.

