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Software Engineer Interview Experience

August 25, 2026
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Sys design definitely expected you've built agents on top of LLMs and are familiar with the design structure.

Coding round was a bit complex and you need to move quickly, but doable.

Interviewers were good.

Questions

System Design: Use AI agents to support a chat use case of executing tasks.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 49 interview experiences for the OpenAI Software Engineer role.

Success Rate

4%
Pass Rate

OpenAI's interview process for their Software Engineer roles is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

Positive41%
Neutral35%
Negative24%

Candidates reported having good feelings for OpenAI's Software Engineer interview process.

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