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OpenAI Software Engineer Interview Questions

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Asked at OpenAI, Accenture, Amazon + 30 more • 3 months ago
What's your favorite product and why?
Product Design
301 answers
Product Design
Asked at OpenAI • a month ago
Infection spread simulation.
Data Structures & Algorithms
Coding
1 answer
Data Structures & Algorithms
Coding
Asked at OpenAI, Airbnb, Amazon + 13 more • 2 months ago
Tell me about a time you made a mistake.
Behavioral
110 answers
Behavioral
Asked at OpenAI, Amazon, Anthropic + 18 more • 2 months ago
Tell me about a time you had a conflict with someone. How did you resolve it and what did you learn?
Behavioral
Cross-Functional
+1 more
36 answers
Behavioral
Cross-Functional
+1 more
Asked at OpenAI, Accenture, ADP + 37 more • a month ago
Tell me about yourself.
Behavioral
126 answers
Behavioral
Asked at OpenAI, Amazon, Atlassian + 7 more • 2 months ago
Tell me about a time when you solved a complex problem and how you went about it.
Behavioral
28 answers
Behavioral
Asked at OpenAI, Amazon, Atlassian + 22 more • 2 months ago
What is the project you are most proud of?
Behavioral
60 answers
Behavioral
Asked at OpenAI, Accenture, Amazon + 18 more • a month ago
Tell me about your past projects.
Behavioral
4 answers
Behavioral
Asked at OpenAI, American Express, Coinbase + 1 more • 6 months ago
Design Slack.
System Design
3 answers
System Design
Asked at OpenAI, xAI • 6 months ago
Design and implement an in-memory key-value store that supports set, transactional begin, commit, and abort operations.
Coding
1 answer
Coding

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