OpenAI·Data Scientist

OpenAI Data Scientist interview experience

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San Francisco, CAPosted Jul 2025 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

I went through an OpenAI Data Scientist process that mixed light recruiter time with a take-home plus a focused debugging round, and it felt moderately challenging.

Recruiter screen — a first call where I aligned my background with the role and got details on next steps.
Take-home exercise + presentation — I completed an assignment that I then presented live on a call.
Debugging round (no live coding) — I was asked to identify bugs in existing code without writing new code myself. Outcome: No offer; the takeaway was that communicating your approach clearly (especially in the presentation) mattered as much as the work itself.

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