OpenAI Software Engineer interview experience

I got through it in about thirty-five minutes, but the final test case still didn’t pass. The interviewer didn’t seem overly hung up on the test results and instead asked me to explain my logic, which helped shift the conversation from correctness checks to how I was reasoning.

After that, I moved into an in-depth system design round centered on a payment platform. I was able to answer all the questions, but I felt uncertain afterward about whether my responses were “active” enough—like I wasn’t driving the depth the way they expected. I had prepped by watching a related YouTube video, and