OpenAI·Data Scientist

OpenAI Data Scientist interview experience

No offer

Hard

Positive

Posted Feb 2024 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I interviewed for an OpenAI Data Scientist role with a standardized, multi-round ML-focused gauntlet that was hard and stretched over multiple days.

HR/intro phase — I started with an introductory segment plus ML coding.
ML coding interviews — I worked through ML coding questions as the first phase.
Onsite marathon: 3 hours straight — I then completed a block of interviews back-to-back covering coding, ML theory, stats, and broader topics. Outcome: No offer; the takeaway was that they test breadth across ML/statistics as well as coding endurance.

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