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User-9iy3kJul 13, 2026

OpenAI rejected me after the payment system round and I'm still salty

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ryanwang12Jul 13, 2026

Rough, sorry man. The CICD phone screen thing threw me off too when I went through it, wasn't expecting that combo.

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User-1qyq3Jul 13, 2026

This tracks with what I've heard, the SD rounds seem to want a fairly specific structure lately.

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User-41370Jul 13, 2026

How long total from onsite to the rejection email?

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vikramreddyJul 13, 2026

About two weeks, no real explanation in the email either.

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User-iw0kmJul 13, 2026

There's no BQ or Tech deep dive?

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User-q1bmlJul 14, 2026

OP said they did the deep dive

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liamwilsonJul 13, 2026

Did they ask about idempotent retries specifically or was it more general failure handling? Curious what the follow ups looked like.

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User-il4n6Jul 13, 2026

I got a similar round a while back, mostly ledger consistency and how to avoid double charging on retries. Felt pretty deep for a single round.

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User-2dfewJul 30, 2026

sorry to hear that op! could you share more about the CICD phone screen? thanks

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User-s85k4Jul 13, 2026

Had something similar happen with the payment SD, felt like the interviewer had one specific diagram in their head and anything else just got redirected.

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vikramreddyJul 13, 2026

Yeah that matches my read too. Kept getting steered back to the same follow up no matter how I framed it.

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