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OpenAI Full Stack Engineer Interview Questions

The questions to prepare for a OpenAI Full Stack Engineer interview. Questions from real interview reports rank first. Updated daily.

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System DesignStart here. 3 questions · ~28 min
Plan a new collaborative layerHard

Design an end-to-end ML architecture for a new collaborative layer when product goals, scale, and interaction patterns are unspecified.

distributed systemsfeedback looparchitecture patternsOpenAI
Design A/B testing for UI featuresHard

Design an end-to-end A/B testing system for UI changes that measures conversion reliably and supports safe rollout decisions.

system designfeedback loopFeature DriftOpenAI
Architect a scalable ChatGPT featureHard

Design a reliable, low-latency architecture for serving a new ChatGPT feature under high-concurrency traffic.

high-frequency requestssystem architecturedistributed systemsOpenAI
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Behavioral & Leadership3 questions · ~28 min
Giving Direct Feedback EffectivelyEasy

Tests how a candidate gives candid, actionable feedback while preserving trust, ownership, and team performance.

MentorshipCommunicationLeadershipOpenAI
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More topics4 questions · ~37 min
Manage schema migrations at scaleMedium
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Report the latest production migration status, duration, and failed steps for every service.

schema migrationsdatabase managementdata migrationOpenAI
Debug performance bottlenecksHard

Tests how candidates isolate frontend, network, Python runtime, and database bottlenecks using measurements rather than assumptions.

networking basicsperformance optimizationreactOpenAI
Build feature from scratch with user feedbackMedium

Explain how you built a feature from scratch, defined success, and used user feedback to improve its outcome.

business requirementsExecutioniterationOpenAI
Caching strategies for real-time AIHard

Compare exact-match, semantic, and multi-level caching for AI inference while balancing latency, freshness, correctness, cost, and personalization.

networking basicsTrade-offscachingOpenAI

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