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Software Engineer Interview Experience - United States

July 31, 2025
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Process

Recruiter Screen Technical live coding challenge System Design Final Round (2 technical interviews + 1 behavioral interview)

Overall, a very standard interview process. The questions are a little tough, but if you study LeetCode for the coding ones and review architecture fundamentals, you should be good.

Questions

System Design: Design GitHub Actions from scratch.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 26 interview experiences for the OpenAI Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

4%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive35%
Neutral35%
Negative31%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for OpenAI's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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