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OpenAI Forward Deployed Engineer (FDE) Interview Experiences
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Forward Deployed Engineer
OpenAIUnited States
Submitted Aug 17, 2026
VerifiedMay 2026WaitingEasy
How was the overall interview process?
An OpenAI recruiter reached out to me directly, and the process was pretty focused compared to a normal SWE loop. The main pieces were a one-week take home, a live team discussion of that case study, and a separate AI-enabled coding screen… see more
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