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User-zvea2Jun 13, 2026

OpenAI onsite - 5 rounds done, Sora SD was the key round I think

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oliviabrown06Jun 13, 2026

How long did the Sora SD go? Did they push into the retry/DLQ territory or stay at high level?

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ryanzhang05Jun 13, 2026

Went full 60 minutes. We got into exponential backoff, dead letter queue, and what happens when a worker terminates at 90% completion specifically.

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emilychen08Jun 14, 2026

Which team are you targeting? Infra or something else?

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ryanzhang05Jun 14, 2026

Platform infra / reliability. Fits my background.

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User-jps21Jun 14, 2026

The Sora SD being essentially a job scheduler wrapper is real. People overthink the video generation side of it.

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arjunjain02Jun 14, 2026

Good luck. The Tue/Thu debrief thing is accurate. Usually hear back end of week.

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