OpenAI Software Engineer interview experience

They told me I was rejected for that earlier set of interviews, which turned into a quick discussion about whether reinterviewing was allowed.

I felt like I shouldn’t have engaged under their policy, since many companies restrict reinterviews for a year and they seemed to treat two years as the longer rule here. It left me feeling like my effort was misaligned with their internal process.

I wasn’t successful and the rejection made it clear that the best interview readiness doesn’t matter if the timing and policies aren’t right. The experience became a lesson in not assuming prior