A Whisper Streaming Take-home, Then System Design and a Deploy Deep Dive

I interviewed for AI Engineer + Backend. First was the recruiter, who asked a lot about customer and user experience, because Distyl does a lot of custom solutions for traditional companies building AI-related products, so it mostly revolved around development experience working with clients — kind of felt like interviewing for an FDE role. I applied for AI Engineer, and the recruiter said the wh…

Shared by a candidate · reported May 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.