OpenAI Software Engineer
Company: OpenAI
Role: Backend Engineer
Interview Month: Feb 2026
Interview Round: Phone Screen
YOE: 22
Outcome: Rejected
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Interviewed: Feb 2026
The screen started with some small talk and ended with a brief discussion about vibe coding. The two coding questions together took about 40 minutes, and I did not fully finish the...
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This was the round between the OA and the final loop. Most of the time went to coding, and I had to write my own test cases.
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My onsite had a simple first coding round, a second coding round that was closer to OOD, a behavioral round with the hiring manager, and a system design round.
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The HR call basically had no real substance. The interviewer just followed a memo and asked questions. Just review the culture page in advance and that’s enough.
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Interviewed in February and received an offer. I’ll share details about the onsite experience later.
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Out-of-order operations: Methods can be called in any chronological order. get_balance() must reconstruct the correct state at the queried timestamp regardless of call order. Expir...
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