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Software Engineer
Not selectedunknown. 1 round. Shared by bprimal on hn, 2025-08-21
- 1Final system design roundSystem designFailed the final system design round, lacking prior design interview experience.
OpenAI interview questions
From 1 candidate account, updated Oct 12, 2026
- Candidate accounts
- 1
- Rounds on average
- 1
- Rounds in every loop
- 1
- Open roles at OpenAI
- 741
How the loop works
This guide draws on 1 first-hand interview account from Hacker News. Candidates describe about 1 round on average, most often system design.
These 1 writeup cover software engineering roles. All of them were posted under a forum handle, so we could not verify the authors’ identities.
Interview experiences at OpenAI
What OpenAI is hiring for now
741 open roles in our index. Advertised pay floors run $216k to $295k (median $251k, from 574 postings that state pay).
Most-posted roles
- Applied AI Engineer, Codex8
- Account Director, Large Enterprise7
- Applied AI Architect5
- Account Director, Digital Natives4
- Manager, Applied AI Architects3
- Applied AI Engineer, Startups (Codex)3
Top locations
- San Francisco506
- Singapore37
- Tokyo27
- Washington22
- London20
OpenAI interviews: FAQ
- What is the interview process like at OpenAI?
- This guide draws on 1 first-hand interview account from Hacker News. Candidates describe about 1 round on average, most often system design.
- What topics does OpenAI test in interviews?
- Commonly reported topics include .
These guides summarize public, first-hand interview experiences shared by candidates. They describe the shape of each loop and the topics that came up, not a leaked question bank, and every experience links back to its original source. Processes change often. Treat this as directional prep, not a script.