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Reddit user describes OpenAI software engineer interview process

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A Reddit user posted a personal account of a 2026 OpenAI software engineer interview, according to a report by meng shao (@shao__meng) on X. The account describes a 48-hour take-home task to build a distributed webhook delivery system with retries and dead-letter queues.

It also describes a four-round onsite and an optional agentic coding round.

The report is a secondhand summary of one candidate's experience and does not come from OpenAI.

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    OpenAI SWE interview breakdown: system design, take-home, agentic coding

    AIA Reddit user published a personal account of a 2026 OpenAI software engineer interview. The process includes a 48-hour take-home building a distributed webhook delivery system with retries and dead-letter queues, followed by a four-round onsite and an optional agentic coding round.

    Image from @shao__meng's post

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