Recruiter screen then moved to a same day coding + architecture rounds. The people were friendly, but I found the questions difficult and hard to complete in the allotted time. The bar is very high these days, and short of perfection and strong internal referrals, the odds of success are low.
No offer
Positive experience
Average interview
Application
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at OpenAI (Seattle, WA) in Aug 2025
Interview
Applied online with a reference who recently joined OAI. Recruiter reached out the next day to screen my resume. Two follow up technical screens scheduled two weeks later. First one was a simple coding exercise and second one was system design.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at OpenAI (San Francisco, CA)
Interview
1 hour coding interview using coderpad, I used Python language. code had to run and test cases had to pass
1 hour system design interview using excalidraw
Both back to back using Google meet
pick prompt b/w coding, ml coding, and applied statistics. applied statistics presented a compute scenario where knowledge of statistics provides practical insights into addressing the problem in the scenario that was presented