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User-dfawfJun 26, 2026

OpenAI phone screen done, currently dying inside

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anushkavJun 26, 2026

Good luck. Their timelines are all over the place, don't read too much into the wait.

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mattjohnsonJun 26, 2026

I got rejected after 4 days last cycle, passed after 6 days the cycle before that. No pattern tbh.

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User-x7y5rJun 26, 2026

Sora SD is basically the standard now. Did you go deep on worker preemption and retry logic? That's where they probe hard.

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priyamehtaJun 26, 2026

Yeah I covered retry with exponential backoff and the dead letter queue situation. Not sure if I went deep enough on checkpointing though. That part felt a little rushed.

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User-0cb50Jun 26, 2026

Same experience with the problem length lol. Took me like 10 minutes just to parse what they were actually asking.

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User-xww0uJun 26, 2026

Genuinely want to know how I can improve on the Sora SD. Failed my screen last month and still not sure what I missed.

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User-5iv96Jun 26, 2026

What was the coding question? GPU Credits again or something new?

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priyamehtaJun 26, 2026

Not GPU Credits this time, something different. Multi-part simulation problem. Will share more details after I hear back either way.

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User-dbkfmJul 1, 2026

Any updates

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