OpenAI Software Engineer interview experience

The code problems felt practical rather than heavy on classic data-structures-and-algorithms puzzles; it was more about implementing the kind of class/functionality they described.

After that, I went through a virtual onsite. The onsite had another coding session, plus a behavioral interview. The whole vibe was fairly straightforward and not wildly abstract, but the technical parts still took real focus because the tasks were designed to test how you actually write and reason through code.

I didn’t end up getting an offer, but I didn’t feel completely blindsided by the structure. The