Technical practice
How would you set up Stable Diffusion and ComfyUI to run entirely on a local workstation?
What to coverThe role calls for open-source models on high-end hardware with no cloud dependency. Suggested preparation: Explain how you would verify that models, dependencies, inputs and outputs remain local, and how you would make the setup reproducible.
How would you structure a ComfyUI workflow for an artist who works with ink and brush?
What to coverThe posting asks for an AI workflow grounded in Professor Krumme’s analogue process. Suggested preparation: Walk through the input, generation and output stages, explaining which controls the artist would need and which could stay inside the node graph.
How would you prepare the curated sketches and scans for local training?
What to coverThe stated training source is an archive of analogue sketches and scans. Suggested preparation: Discuss inspecting scan quality, selecting and organizing examples, and checking that preparation preserves the visual characteristics the artist wants to explore.
When would you use a LoRA, and how would you assess its results?
What to coverTraining a local LoRA on the artist’s archive is a stated responsibility. Suggested preparation: Explain its role in adapting a base model, how you would compare outputs against the artist’s intent, and the trade-off between stronger adaptation and flexibility.
What would a ControlNet add to this workflow?
What to coverThe posting also calls for local ControlNet training. Suggested preparation: Explain how conditioning can help retain structure from sketches or scans, and how you would judge whether that control helps rather than constrains the artist’s work.
How would you investigate a ComfyUI workflow that runs out of VRAM or responds too slowly?
What to coverGPU and VRAM optimization are explicit requirements. Suggested preparation: Describe how you would isolate the costly stage and compare changes to model choice, resolution or workflow settings against output quality and usability.
How would you package the workflow for independent use by a non-technical artist?
What to coverThe posting suggests presets, node groups or a lightweight Gradio front end as possible approaches. Suggested preparation: Compare their setup and maintenance costs, and explain how you would reduce routine steps without hiding useful creative controls.
How would you test whether the assistant is useful to the artist?
What to coverThe role includes user testing and aims for a workflow the artist can operate independently. Suggested preparation: Describe observing an end-to-end task, recording points of confusion and comparing outputs with the artist’s stated creative intent.
What would you check if an established local workflow suddenly produced poor or inconsistent outputs?
What to coverOn-the-ground technical support is part of the role. Suggested preparation: Explain how you would distinguish changed inputs or settings from model, node or hardware problems, while keeping a known working configuration available.
What would you document for the final research report?
What to coverThe posting explicitly requires system architecture and user-testing feedback. Suggested preparation: Outline a concise record of components, model and workflow choices, local setup steps, observed feedback and changes made in response.
Behavioural practice
When have you translated a creative goal into technical choices?
What to coverThis role requires translating an artist’s intent into technical parameters. Suggested practice: Use a real situation, your questions and actions to clarify the goal, and the result—including how you checked whether the outcome matched the collaborator’s intent.
Tell me about working patiently with a non-technical collaborator.
What to coverThe assistant must be usable independently by an artist without a technical background. Suggested practice: Describe a real situation, how you adjusted your explanations or interface, and what the collaborator could do as a result.
Describe a time you resolved a technical problem while someone depended on the workflow.
What to coverThe posting includes on-the-ground support during the residency. Suggested practice: Give the situation, your diagnostic and communication steps, and the result, distinguishing an immediate workaround from any lasting fix.
When has user feedback changed a system you built or supported?
What to coverThe role calls for documenting user-testing feedback and delivering an easy-to-run workflow. Suggested practice: Explain a real observation, the change you made in response, and what the subsequent result showed.