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Nail the AI/ML Engineering Interviews

Nail the AI/ML Engineering Interviews

Offered by Mikhail S.

AI Founder & CTO | YouTube Rebuild Lead | Waymo AI | a16z Speedrun

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Studied at Moscow State University of Railway Transport

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Hiring Manager at fictional.ai

Description

This package is designed for candidates preparing to excel in AI/ML recruiting interviews. It provides customized preparation to ensure you perform at your best during both technical and behavioral interview rounds. With expert coaching, you’ll strengthen your knowledge of machine learning and AI concepts, sharpen your problem-solving strategies, and build the confidence needed to stand out in a highly competitive hiring process. Key components of this package include, but are not limited to: • Strengthening your understanding of machine learning models, neural networks, data structures, algorithms, and system design concepts commonly tested in AI/ML interviews • Framework development sessions to help you structure responses to technical and behavioral questions effectively • Mock technical interviews with detailed feedback, covering coding challenges, model evaluation, and machine learning design exercises • Behavioral interview preparation to craft compelling stories that showcase teamwork, leadership, and applied AI/ML experience • Industry and company-specific research to tailor your responses for big tech firms, startups, or research labs • Techniques for clear technical communication and presentation during high-stakes interviews • Stress-management strategies to stay composed and confident under pressure • Continuous improvement through iterative practice, debriefs, and personalized feedback loops By the end of this package, you will have sharpened your technical and behavioral interview skills, developed a strong personal narrative as an AI/ML candidate, and gained the confidence to perform at your best in AI/ML recruiting interviews—positioning you to secure an offer.


What you'll get from this package

A customized technical prep plan covering coding challenges, ML system design, and model evaluation

Mock interview feedback reports highlighting strengths and targeted areas for improvement

A refined set of behavioral stories aligned to AI/ML competencies and leadership skills

A personal interview framework for structuring responses to both technical and behavioral questions

A company-and role-specific prep guide to tailor applications and interviews to your target AI/ML employers


Additional details

Coaching delivered via live sessions and .

Refund Policy

Services included:

Technical Interview Prep

Behavioral Interview Prep


Mikhail S.

Offered by Mikhail S.

Joined November 2026

AI Founder & CTO | YouTube Rebuild Lead | Waymo AI | a16z Speedrun

I created Pony Diffusion, one of the most popular open-weight image model families, used to generate 3B+ images. I'm now co-founder and CTO of Fictional.ai, backed by a16z Speedrun, where I built the technology from the first prototype and lead engineering, hiring and technical strategy. My work spans LLMs and agents, training data, model development, evaluation and deployment. Before that, I spent 12 years at YouTube/Google and Waymo. I led the complete rebuild of YouTube.com from a laptop demo to a global launch, and worked on AI research infrastructure, ML systems and simulation at Waymo. I've interviewed hundreds of engineers, mentor through MentorCruise and Prepfully, and teach AI-driven product development with ByteByteGo. I can help you build and ship an AI product, make sound architecture and model decisions, or prepare for a senior engineering role. We work on your actual project or career challenge, with direct feedback and concrete next steps. One engineer I mentored landed a Staff role at Google after we sharpened how they presented the experience they already had.

Experience level: Associate

60+ AI & ML Engineering clients

Starting at $612

5h+ of coaching