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Ship a Working App, Not Just LeetCode

OpenAIFull-Stack Software Engineer · Onsite · Aug 2026

Before I get into it: this is a writeup of my full process interviewing for a Full-Stack role at OpenAI, along with my impressions, as a reference for people prepping. OpenAI's interviews are pretty different from traditional big-tech interviews (especially the pure-LeetCode-grinding kind) — it leans a lot more toward "real engineering + product sense + mission fit," so if you only prepped LeetCo…

Shared by a candidate · reported Aug 2026. Interview formats change; use it as a guide, not a script.