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Rejected

Software Engineer at OpenAI

Difficulty
Level
Senior
Process took
1 weeks

How it went

The candidate was rejected after the coding interview stage. The interview involved a problem similar to Conway's Game of Life, focusing on simulating infection spread on a 2D grid. The candidate found the interview structure challenging, with multiple sequential parts requiring passing test cases before proceeding, and noted the interviewer offered minimal guidance.

What came up

Data ModelingMachine LearningConceptStatistics & ExperimentationData AnalysisCodingSQLData Structures & AlgorithmsPeople ManagementProject ManagementProgram SenseCross FunctionalSystem DesignProduct DesignEstimationProduct StrategyAnalyticalTechnicalExecutionBehavioralCustomer InteractionApp CritiqueData Pipeline DesignArtificial IntelligencePresentationPortfolio ReviewDebuggingCode ReviewProject Discussion

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