OpenAI phone screen Rejected, still processing
Got a phone screen with OpenAI last week. SD + coding format. System design was Sora video scheduling, which I had prepped for. But then the coding problem had this problem description that honestly felt like reading a novel. I got the core idea right but ran out of time on the follow-ups. Recruiter reached out the next day saying they'd move forward with other candidates.
5 YOE and this one stung a little ngl. Back to grinding I guess.
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Which coding problem was it though? GPU credits or something different?
Different one, not GPU credits. Something simulation-based, kinda like an epidemic model variation.
What is the topic of the coding? Can you share some key words? Thanks
Sora SD is basically expected now. Did they ask about checkpointing or just high level scheduling?
Yeah they went deep on worker failure handling. I had a decent answer but probably not deep enough.
5 YOE and OpenAI is still this hard to crack. raises the bar every year tbh.
The novel-length problem statements are something else. Happened to me too.
back to grinding I guess, same boat. failed theirs last month.