OpenAI interview prep
Forward Deployed, Solutions Architect and engineering interviews.
What OpenAI says: Skills-based assessments that vary by team, such as pair coding, take-home projects and technical tests. Final interviews take 4 to 6 hours with 4 to 6 people, over 1 to 2 days. Their page
The rounds
As candidates report them. Rounds and their order vary by team, so check with your recruiter.
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Screens
Final rounds
Screens
- Recruiter screenCallYour background and one system you shippedNo case yet
Final rounds
- Solution designFinal loopScoping a thin customer briefNo case yet
- Project deep diveFinal loopYour own numbers and trade-offsNo case yet
Cases
10questions
Readiness check for the AI Solutions Architect loop
150questions a week
Take-home: a security-controls assistant on the NIST SP 800-53 catalog
18.5 sp95, up from 6.8 s
The booking assistant got slow, and nobody deployed anything
30 minwith the VP
Escalation call: a refund assistant after a bad launch
Same role, other companies
These rounds come up at other companies hiring for the same work.
1.2Mclaims a year
Claims intake for an insurer
140action codes, live
Live call assist on four GPUs
2 weeksbefore launch
Review a design doc: a maintenance agent for 38,000 apartments
4,000inquiries a day
Medical information answers, with requirements added as you go
1,400audit staff
"Use AI to stop us chasing clients for evidence"
45 minwith the COO
Discovery call: a distributor wants AI for its quotes
Each case's source tag says which company and role reported its format, how many independent sources describe it, and when. It doesn't mean a company uses our question. Every scenario and number is ours. Preporato is not affiliated with OpenAI. These cases help you prepare and don't promise an interview or an offer.