RejectedOnsite

Strong Coding, Closed Out as a Borderline Case After the Virtual Onsite

OpenAISoftware Engineer · Onsite · Sep 2026

Overall, I just did my best (shrug). Phone screen: Coding — "infection," 3/5. I got stuck on a bug on the third question and spent about 15 minutes debugging it. System design: chess. Interviewed on a Thursday, heard back that I passed by the following Monday. Virtual Onsite: Coding — IP address, 3.5/5. I got to the IPv6 part of the question and was hunched over looking up how to write a BigInteg…

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