OpenAI interview notes, page 16 of 67

“I'd put real work into this one beforehand, not just a generic 'I love AI' answer.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at OpenAI, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Had seen this one floating around online so the forward pass felt manageable.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at OpenAI, Onsite - Coding / Algorithms round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one has a lot of moving parts.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at OpenAI, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This question is basically five system design questions stapled together.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at OpenAI, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Started with a simple send-and-ack approach.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at OpenAI, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This was the whole interview, basically.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at OpenAI, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This question has a lot of surface area and I think I underestimated how deep they wanted to go on each sub-part.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at OpenAI, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This felt like a warmup but it actually took me a second to think through.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at OpenAI, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started with container provisioning per user which felt like the obvious entry point, but the interviewer kept pulling the thread on things I glossed over.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at OpenAI, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This thing has so many layers that I spent the first few minutes just trying to figure out where to start.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at OpenAI, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.