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Anthropic virtual onsite

Interviewed: Mar 2026

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Anthropic phone screen terrible experience

Interviewed: Mar 2026

The interviewer insisted me to start with the single-threaded version and didn't ask me to write the concurrent version. Then they rejected me because "I didn't implement concurren...

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AnthropicSoftware EngineerQuestions:1Outcome:RejectedLocked

Community feedback:31

Anthropic OA

Interviewed: Mar 2026

I finished the OA over the weekend. The question has four parts. Overall, it wasn’t too difficult.

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Task Management System

AnthropicSoftware EngineerQuestions:1Free

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Anthropic VO

Interviewed: Mar 2026

I’m sharing my recent Anthropic interview experience, hoping to build some good karma. Overall, I felt like I solved all the questions. The culture round and HM (hiring manager) co...

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AnthropicSoftware EngineerQuestions:2Outcome:RejectedLocked

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Anthropic phone screen

Interviewed: Mar 2026

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AnthropicMachine Learning EngineerQuestions:1Locked

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OpenAI general coding and ML coding

Interviewed: Mar 2026

I interviewed for both a coding round and an ML coding round.

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OpenAI interview – did general coding

Interviewed: Mar 2026

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Sharing my OpenAI interview experience (failed)

Interviewed: Mar 2026

A recruiter contacted me and was very enthusiastic. They even allowed me to skip the phone screen, which was hard to refuse, so I went ahead with the interview. Unfortunately, I wa...

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OpenAISoftware EngineerQuestions:2Outcome:RejectedLocked

Community feedback:10

OpenAI Phone Screen

Interviewed: Mar 2026

There were 4 technical rounds.

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2026 OpenAI General Coding New Question

Interviewed: Mar 2026

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OpenAI all questions

Interviewed: Mar 2026

Next day the recruiter scheduled a call with a hiring manager (HM), I thought it was for team matching. HM chat went well overall, but I didn’t have direct experience in that domai...

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OpenAISoftware EngineerQuestions:2Outcome:RejectedLocked

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OpenAI Phone Screen

Interviewed: Mar 2026

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