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The mission-contradiction test

1Give yourself 5 minutes

2Answer out loud, not in your head

3Then compare with the answer below

Reference answer

Name the contradiction explicitly (governance vs. commercial pace; closed-deployment vs. open-weights posture); explain that OpenAI's defensible response is that the Charter ranks safety higher than any commercial goal — but honest candidates also acknowledge that historically the org has slipped on that promise and that the right answer is to keep building operable accountability. End with what concrete behavior you, as an engineer, would adopt.

Then expect these follow-ups

"How would you have handled the board situation in 2023?

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