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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

August 18, 2025
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview process was very straightforward and consisted of two rounds, each lasting one hour:

  • A system design round.
  • A coding interview round.

The system design question was straightforward, focusing on Slack.

The coding round involved a generic problem, not particularly LeetCode or algorithm-heavy, but it required covering a lot of use cases.

Questions

System design: they asked for a Slack deep dive.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 6 interview experiences for the OpenAI Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

0%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive67%
Neutral33%
Negative0%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for OpenAI's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

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