Researcher applicants have rated the interview process at OpenAI with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 38.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Researcher roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at OpenAI overall takes an average of 32 days.
Common stages of the interview process at OpenAI as a Researcher according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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difficult and deep interview they asked about problems in scaling laws,current transformer architecture flaws,bias etc.there were total 3 rounds.You shouild have agood phd too for this role.Your research papers should be in RL,LLMs etc.
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problems in scaling laws,current transformer architecture flaws,bias
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at OpenAI in Nov 2023
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Was fairly quick -- spoke with the recruiter who expressed a lot of interest due to my very niche background. Did a substantial take-home and then had a meeting with a team member. Get the sense they aren't quite sure what they're looking for in this role.
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Walk me through your background.
What specific experiences do you have with [specific JD topic].