User-dv8h4Jul 5, 2026

Got ghosted by MAI's HM round after the blind box onsite

Hack2hire Community · 2026-07-05T00:00:00.356Z

Wrapped up my MAI loop for a Copilot role and got rejected after 3 rounds, kind of a rollercoaster tbh. Phone screen was Top K elements with a distance tiebreak, felt fine after using a min heap. Onsite was the blind box thing, recruiter only gave focus area names, not round types, so I walked in with zero idea what to expect. Coding round turned out to be the OAI in memory DB problem, ran out of time on part 3. HM round never got scheduled, radio silence since. Portal flipped to not selected a...

Interview Experiences

17562.7k

Replies (4)

priyashah94Jul 5, 2026

wait they don't tell you the round types at all? that's rough, how'd you even prep for that

User-21hqxJul 5, 2026

yeah literally just three vague focus area names lol, I just braced for a coding and BQ mix and hoped for the best

User-j42l3Jul 5, 2026

sorry man that in memory db problem eats so much time on part 3, happened to me too

User-8nhzmJul 5, 2026

did you know beforehand these were from openai's bank or find out after the fact

liam.davisJul 5, 2026

same thing happened to me with a different team, HM round straight up vanished. felt like a pattern honestly

User-q7utsJul 5, 2026

the HM ghosting seems to happen a lot at MAI, sucks that recruiting never follows up after

No more replies