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Three-card poker: classify hands and pick the winner

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OpenAICodingLast asked Oct 2026

A coding interview question asked in OpenAI's technical screen (coding), last asked Oct 2026. It tests simulation, card games and sorting.

Write a small poker program in which every player holds exactly three cards from one standard 52-card deck (no jokers). Work out what kind of hand each player has, decide who wins, and report it.

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  • OpenAI · Technical screen: coding · Last asked Oct 202660 min · One problem in three to five growing parts filling the hour, usually in CoderPad; ML roles get a Colab notebook with autocomplete off · No AI assistants or autocomplete; documentation is fine

What it tests

simulation · card games · sorting · object-oriented design

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