Interview Preparation
Curated questions, proven strategies, and expert tips to ace your AI and tech interviews.
Walk In Prepared, Walk Out Confident
AI and tech interviews can feel overwhelming. This guide breaks down the most common question types, gives you sample answers, and shows you how to demonstrate your prompt engineering skills live.
AI & Prompt Engineering Questions
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What is prompt engineering and why does it matter?Tip: Explain it as the skill of crafting precise instructions for AI models to get reliable, high-quality outputs consistently.
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Walk me through how you would solve [task] using AI.Tip: Use the STAR method — Situation, Task, Approach (your prompt), Result. Always quantify the outcome.
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What are the differences between zero-shot, few-shot, and chain-of-thought prompting?Tip: Prepare concrete examples for each type from your BlitzPrompt coursework.
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How do you evaluate whether an AI output is good?Tip: Talk about accuracy, relevance, tone, hallucination checking, and iteration strategies.
Behavioural & Situational Questions
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Tell me about a time you used AI to improve a process.Tip: Prepare a 2-minute story with a clear before/after metric. E.g., "I reduced report writing from 4 hours to 30 minutes."
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How do you stay updated with rapidly changing AI tools?Tip: Mention specific resources — newsletters, communities, platforms like BlitzPrompt — that show genuine engagement.
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Describe a time an AI tool gave you the wrong output. What did you do?Tip: Show your troubleshooting mindset — prompt refinement, cross-validation, adding constraints.
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Why do you want to work in an AI-focused role?Tip: Be specific to the company and role. Generic "AI is the future" answers are weak.
5 Things That Will Set You Apart
Open your laptop and show an interviewer your actual prompt engineering workflow. Seeing beats hearing every time.
Research which AI tools the company uses before the interview. Tailor your examples to those specific tools.
Replace "I used AI to help write content" with "I used AI to produce 3x more content in half the time, growing our blog traffic by 40%."
Mention how you verify AI outputs, avoid bias, and handle sensitive data. Employers love candidates who think responsibly about AI.
Send a thank-you email within 24 hours that includes a prompt example specifically relevant to a problem the company mentioned in the interview.