OpenAI Software Engineer interview experience

I opted for applied statistics, and the setup included a compute scenario where the point wasn’t just formulas—it was about understanding statistics in a way that actually informs decisions for the presented workload.

I remember it as a difficulty that felt distinctly higher than a typical coding-only screen, largely because the value of the solution depended on interpreting what the scenario was really asking and using statistical intuition to address the compute constraints. I didn’t end up getting an offer, and the experience left me feeling like the evaluation was more about applied