User-vgdobJul 28, 2026

[OpenAI] - Interview Experience - [Research Engineer/Scientist]

Hack2hire Community · 2026-07-28T03:29:04.072Z

Result: Pending Number of Rounds: 4 Interview Questions & Experience Round 1: Passed initial ML Coding & General Coding rounds. Round 2: Advanced to and completed the second round of ML Coding & General Coding. I felt the interviews went quite well, but it has now been two weeks without any update from the recruiter. The recruiter mentioned that passing this round leads to the Tech Talk and Behavioral interviews. Given that I'm halfway through the loop, is a 2-week silence typical be...

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User-56jdpJul 28, 2026

honestly that delay tracks with how slow their pipeline moves lately.

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mehran.kh.68Jul 28, 2026

are you saying it's normal? But for the first round it only took them 3 days to respond

User-x71ztJul 28, 2026

oof the waiting game is rough.

User-cjzzyJul 28, 2026

wait what level were you interviewing for?

mehran.kh.68Jul 28, 2026

I don't know. They didn't tell me.

User-nydvaAug 2, 2026

so there is no system design interview for RE?

mehran.kh.68Aug 10, 2026

There's no system design for RE/RS

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User-nydvaAug 11, 2026

Reply to @mehran.kh.68Do you mind briefly sharing the questions that you were asked? Thank you very much!

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