OpenAI interview notes, page 35 of 67

“Thought I had a solid answer prepared but the follow-ups kept coming.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at OpenAI, Hiring Manager 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, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The fact that they flagged which parts had bugs made it way less stressful than I expected.” 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 one took me a minute to even parse.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning 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.

“I started okay with the API surface but the vector clock part threw me off more than I expected.” 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.

“I spent way too long deciding which project to pick and ended up going with something technically complex but hard to explain quickly.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning 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.

“The core loop wasn't the hard part.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning 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.

“The implementation itself wasn't bad, just iterate and multiply in place.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning 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.

“My first instinct was standard BFS and I almost forgot the diagonals.” 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 sounds like a standard 'tell me about a project' but it isn't.” 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.