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Devbox System Design Phone Screen, Built the Wrong Thing

OpenAISoftware Engineer · Technical Screen · Sep 2026

I was asked the devbox design question and I failed to recognize it as such, since I didn't practice it much, nor was it among the hot questions on the forum. I ended up creating a generic container orchestration platform. Another interview-prep site I looked at does mark it as a MUST, so it would be useful for other candidates to peek at other question lists too. The interview experience was ove…

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