OpenAI interview notes, page 4 of 67

“I had an answer ready but it felt a little rehearsed coming out.” The rest of the author's notes on Backend Engineer interview at OpenAI, Recruiter / HR 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 to go straight to engagement numbers, which felt a bit shallow in hindsight.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at OpenAI, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Started with the broad strokes: core components, how a post travels from upload to someone's feed, where you'd need to scale.” 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 one had more layers than I expected going in.” The rest of the author's notes on Mobile 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 started with the happy path, which felt fine, but the interviewer kept steering toward reconciliation and I could feel myself getting vague.” 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 is basically the whole interview compressed into one question.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at OpenAI, Onsite - Multi Round round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Made it to the third part (CIDR blocks) but the output was wrong and I didn't catch why until after the call ended.” 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 is the centerpiece of the whole final round, 45 minutes, and they'll interrupt with technical questions throughout.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at OpenAI, Onsite - Multi Round round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I knew the mechanics but started rambling about the loss surface before actually grounding it in the linear regression setup.” 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.

“Pretty expected but I fumbled the 'why leave' part a bit.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at OpenAI, Recruiter / HR Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.