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Suno·Software Engineer·Hiring Manager Screen·Intermediate

Intermediate
May 2026

Summary

Interviewed for a software engineering role at Suno, the AI music generation company. Two main areas covered: product usage and feedback, plus personal music background. Felt more like a culture and passion check than a traditional eng screen.

Questions Asked (2)

Q1

Do you use Suno? Walk us through how you use it, what workflows you've built around it, and give concrete feedback on what works, what's frustrating, and what you'd prioritize fixing.

Product Sense & IdeationProduct Analytics & MetricsRoadmap Prioritization
Author's notes

Wasn't expecting this to go as deep as it did.

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Suggested Approach

Demonstrate genuine product usage by walking through a specific project where you used Suno, highlighting the workflows you built and the pain points you encountered. Then, frame your feedback as a prioritized list of improvements, linking each to user impact and engineering feasibility. Show that you think like both a power user and a software engineer who can contribute to fixes.

Pro tip: Quantify your feedback with metrics like time saved, error rates, or frequency of issues, and suggest a potential technical solution or experiment to validate your proposed fix. This shows you're already thinking like a Suno engineer.

1. Establish credibility with a concrete use case

Briefly describe a real project or scenario where you used Suno, including your goals and frequency of use. This grounds your feedback in authentic experience.

2. Detail your workflow and integrations

Walk through the steps you take when using Suno, including any tools or scripts you've built around it (e.g., API calls, prompt management, audio processing). Highlight what works well and why.

3. Identify frustrations and their impact

Share specific pain points you've encountered, such as limitations in the interface, generation quality, or API. Explain how these issues affect your productivity or output quality.

4. Prioritize fixes with rationale

Propose a prioritized list of improvements, justifying each with user impact, frequency, and potential engineering effort. Suggest how you might measure success for each fix.

5. Connect to the role and company vision

Tie your feedback back to Suno's goals and the software engineer role, showing how you could contribute to solving these problems and improving the product.

Key Points to Mention

  • Specific examples of how you use Suno (e.g., for songwriting, prototyping, content creation) and the frequency.
  • Workflows you've built: automation scripts, API integrations, prompt libraries, or collaboration tools.
  • What works well: features you appreciate and why they're valuable (e.g., ease of use, quality of output).
  • Frustrations: concrete issues like slow generation, limited control, poor documentation, or missing features.
  • Prioritization framework: how you'd rank fixes based on impact, effort, and alignment with user needs.
  • Potential technical solutions or experiments to address the issues, showing engineering mindset.

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Q2

Tell us about your background with music, including any production, performance, or curation experience, the genres and tools you use, and how that shapes how you'd think about building and improving Suno.

Product Sense & IdeationAdaptability & Ambiguity
Author's notes

This one I actually felt okay about.

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Suggested Approach

Start by giving a concise overview of your musical background, highlighting the most relevant production, performance, or curation experiences. Then, connect your hands-on use of genres and tools to specific insights about how you would approach building and improving Suno as a software engineer. Emphasize how your dual perspective as a musician and engineer enables you to empathize with users and make informed product decisions.

Pro tip: Show genuine passion for music and Suno's mission, but balance it with engineering pragmatism—demonstrate that you can translate musical intuition into actionable technical improvements. Avoid just listing tools; instead, explain how your experience informs product sense and adaptability.

1. Summarize your musical background

Briefly describe your overall experience in music, including any production, performance, or curation roles. Highlight the most relevant and impressive aspects that align with Suno's focus.

2. Detail genres and tools

Mention specific genres you work with and the tools (DAWs, plugins, hardware) you use. Explain why you choose them and how they shape your creative process.

3. Connect to product sense

Articulate how your musical experience gives you unique insights into user needs, pain points, and opportunities for Suno. Give examples of features or improvements you might propose.

4. Demonstrate adaptability

Discuss how you've navigated ambiguity or learned new tools/genres in music, and how that translates to adapting in a fast-paced startup environment.

5. Tie back to engineering

Conclude by linking your musical background to your engineering skills, showing how you'd leverage both to build and improve Suno's product.

Key Points to Mention

  • Hands-on experience with music production tools (e.g., Ableton, Logic, FL Studio) and how they inform UI/UX decisions.
  • Performance or curation experience that gives insight into artist workflows and audience engagement.
  • Familiarity with genres and how they influence algorithmic recommendations or generation models.
  • Specific ideas for Suno improvements based on your musical pain points (e.g., better stem separation, collaboration features).
  • Ability to translate musical concepts into technical requirements for engineering teams.
  • Examples of adapting to new musical technologies or trends, showing openness to learning.

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