OpenAI Software Engineer interview experience

It was the kind of format where you have to be fast, keep mistakes to a minimum, and maximize how many parts you complete within an hour.

That structure made the interview feel high pressure. If you hesitated or lost time early, the later segments became harder to reach in time.

I didn’t get an offer. Still, the experience helped me understand exactly how they measure both speed and correctness across a multi-stage coding exercise.