OpenAI·Software Engineer

OpenAI Software Engineer interview experience

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The first hurdle in my coding round was just getting the environment to behave.

I had a European interviewer with a heavy accent, and even when I was trying to explain my thinking, communication was harder than it needed to be. On top of that, I ran into issues running tests in the OpenAI coding setup.

The actual problem was about IP addresses and CIDR blocks. I managed to get through up to the third question, but I hit trouble with the expected output because I misunderstood the iteration process the problem was asking for. The interviewer didn’t offer assistance during that stretch, which made it feel like I was troubleshooting blindly.

After the coding portion, I

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