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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

November 22, 2025
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The recruiter reached out after I applied. After a successful recruiter call, I got rejected during the online assessment round. I did not finish all the steps of the coding question and hence failed the online assessment.

Questions

Multi-step coding question. Didn't finish the second part. Got rejected.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 14 interview experiences for the OpenAI Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

7%
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

Positive64%
Neutral36%
Negative0%

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

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