OpenAI project presentation interview

Round 6 of 7 · 1 question reported

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Length
45 min
Format
You present one or two projects you led, usually with a few slides, then take rapid questions
They grade
What you personally owned, why you decided what you did, cross-team problems and real scale
Heads-up
Bring backup detail beyond the slides; expect 'why not the alternative?' and 'what happens at ten times the scale?' for every project. Strong coders often fail this round by staying shallow.

Questions OpenAI asks in this round 1

  • Project deep dive: present a project you ledBehavioralPresent a project you led in about 20 minutes: context, your role, the architecture, three hard trade-offs, metrics, cost and return, and what you would change. Then take 25…
    Last asked Sep 2026