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This is a flight-risk filter, not small talk, FDE teams lose hires back to pure SWE roles constantly. The answer that passes is built on evidence, not enthusiasm. Here's what it sounds like.

FDE comp spans roughly $150K to $550K+ for the same title, because some companies pay it on the engineering ladder and some on a field ladder with variable comp. The first question to ask, and the traps in comparing OTE to base.

An experience probe that sinks more candidates than any design question, because a vague answer ends the interview early. The four-plane structure that proves you're an operator, not a data scientist with MLOps on the resume.