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Backend Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York

June 22, 2026
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Recruiter reached out via LinkedIn for the GPU infra team. First round was a 15-minute recruiter call that was more about team fit and culture, as well as why OpenAI. Next was a technical screen, which was then followed by an onsite with:

  • 1 sys design
  • 2 ML coding
  • 2 coding questions

Questions

Implement a Memory Allocator, followup question afterwards

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