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OpenAI Software Engineer Interview Guide

Updated 13 days ago by OpenAI candidates

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OpenAI Software Engineer Interview Questions

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Trending Software Engineer interview questions at OpenAI

Asked at OpenAI, Amazon, Asana + 10 more • 2 days ago
Tell me about a time you made a mistake.
Behavioral
105 answers
Behavioral
Asked at OpenAI, Amazon, Anthropic + 14 more • 13 days 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
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34 answers
Behavioral
Cross-Functional
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Asked at OpenAI, Amazon, Atlassian + 7 more • 13 days 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 + 19 more • 6 days ago
What is the project you are most proud of?
Behavioral
60 answers
Behavioral
Asked at OpenAI, Anduril, Apple + 11 more • 13 days ago
Tell me about your past projects.
Behavioral
4 answers
Behavioral
Asked at OpenAI, American Express, Coinbase + 1 more • 2 days ago
Design Slack.
System Design
3 answers
System Design
Asked at OpenAI, xAI • 13 days ago
Design and implement an in-memory key-value store that supports set, transactional begin, commit, and abort operations.
Coding
1 answer
Coding
Asked at OpenAI, Anthropic • 7 months ago
What's your approach to prompt engineering?
Artificial Intelligence
Coding
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Artificial Intelligence
Coding
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Asked at OpenAI, Amazon, Google + 4 more • 13 days ago
Tell me about a time when you had to deal with conflicting priorities with your stakeholders and how you secured alignment with them.
Behavioral
Program Sense
6 answers
Behavioral
Program Sense
Asked at OpenAI • a year ago
Design ChatGPT
System Design
5 answers
System Design

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