OpenAI Software Engineer Swe II interview questions
Updated Jun 1, 2026
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Software Engineer Swe II applicants have rated the interview process at OpenAI with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 33% positive. To compare, the company-average is 38.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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Phone screen with recruiter. Was very rude because I declined to relocate to the bay area where the position was based, even though rhe position was listed to my location where I was living
Very standard interview process, one architecture, one coding, and onsite after. Interviewers are nice. System Design went into a lot of details, so it was kinda hard, and I didn't do super well
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Question 1
BQ - Why do you wanna join OpenAI?
SD - scalability and database deep dives
Worst interview I ever had, my interviewer didn't show up for the coding interview and I wasted 30 minutes of my time waiting for them.
Then had my system design interview which I thought I did pretty well in, ended up getting rejected and having my coding interview for tomorrow cancelled.