OpenAI Interview Guide

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Ranking

A question's ranking corresponds to how commonly it's asked by OpenAI. The higher the ranking, the more likely you'll encounter it in a OpenAI interview.

Question

Frequency

Difficulty

Design SQL

Implement a SQL class that supports basic database operations: creating tables, inserting rows, deleting rows based on a condition, and selecting specific columns from rows that match a condition.

Database Problems

Very likely

If you have a OpenAI interview, it's very likely that you will get this question

Medium

#1. Design SQL

Medium

Implement a SQL class that supports basic database operations: creating tables, inserting rows, deleting rows based on a condition, and selecting specific columns from rows that match a condition.

Database Problems

This question is very likely to be asked in your OpenAI interview

Flatten Nested List Iterator

You're given a list that can contain integers or other nested lists. Implement an iterator to flatten this structure and yield only the integers one by one.

StacksRecursion

Very likely

If you have a OpenAI interview, it's very likely that you will get this question

Medium

#2. Flatten Nested List Iterator

Medium

You're given a list that can contain integers or other nested lists. Implement an iterator to flatten this structure and yield only the integers one by one.

StacksRecursion

This question is very likely to be asked in your OpenAI interview

Design Excel Sum Formula

Simulate a simplified Excel sheet and implement the SUM formula. You'll need to parse cell ranges and calculate their sum.

ArraysDynamic Programming

Somewhat likely

If you have a OpenAI interview, you might get this question

Hard

#3. Design Excel Sum Formula

Hard

Simulate a simplified Excel sheet and implement the SUM formula. You'll need to parse cell ranges and calculate their sum.

ArraysDynamic Programming