The 5 Categories Asked in Every AI Engineering Interview

Bashiri Smith · Facebook reel · 2026-09-29 · 0:21 · 2,362 views · Open on Facebook

Topics: Resume, Job Search & Interviews, Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG), AI Agents, Tool Use & MCP · Level: intermediate

Summary

Bashiri Smith lists the five topic areas he says come up in every AI engineering interview: LLMs & RAG, integration/agents/orchestration, ops & evaluation, safety & ethics, and ML foundations. He offers his own guide of 100 AI engineering interview questions, plus a training video that goes through the answers. You get both by commenting "100" on the post.

Key points

• Five interview categories: (1) LLMs & RAG, (2) Integration, Agents & Orchestration, (3) Ops & Evaluation, (4) Safety & Ethics, (5) Machine Learning Foundations.
• The creator says these five categories come up in every AI engineering interview he has seen.
• The target is AI engineering roles paying $100,000 to $300,000+.
• His prep material is a guide with 100 interview questions plus a training video that walks through each question and answer.
• To get the guide, comment "100" on the post and he will DM it to you. The Google Drive link in the caption only opens a Drive home page and sign-in screen, not a shared file.

Resources mentioned

• 100 AI Engineering Interview Questions Guide · pdf · drive.google.com · free
  The creator's guide of 100 AI engineering interview questions, covering LLMs & RAG, agents, ops & evals, safety, and ML foundations.
  Also in: AI Engineering Interviews: Answer Every Topic With a Number, Trade-off, Failure Mode (Bashiri Smith on Facebook · notes)
• AI Engineering Interview Questions Training Video · video · free
  The creator's full walkthrough video covering each of the 100 interview questions and their answers.

Try this

• Study all five categories: LLMs & RAG, integration/agents/orchestration, ops & evaluation, safety & ethics, and ML foundations.
• Comment "100" on the post to get the 100-question guide and walkthrough video by DM.
• Work through the 100 interview questions and the walkthrough video to prepare for AI engineering interviews.