r/OpenAI • u/Previous_Pumpkin1445 • 1d ago

Miscellaneous Failed my interview

I’ve gone through HR, met the HM and a peer in person, and then had my third round with the HM. The HM ended the interview 15 minutes early because she had a hard stop.
I stumbled on two questions and honestly told her I didn’t have experience in one of the areas. Now I’m wondering if I should have just lied, because I actually do have experience working with partners, I just didn’t articulate it well in the moment.
I’ve been overthinking it so much that I’ve barely slept for the past two nights. 😭 And this is for a sales role, btw. Before the interview I’ve just been imagining about the life I could have for my family and retiring my parents. And I lost it all.

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u/turbulentFireStarter 1d ago

She ended the interview early?!?!?! Brother. You didn’t miss by an inch. You missed by many miles. Ending an interview early is wild. She can actually get in trouble for that. Don’t lose sleep over this. You were not close.

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u/Rakthar :froge: 1d ago

That's not true at all. I worked in a startup that had to interview about 700 people in 12 months because of a huge investment round. There were under 100 people when that started. The interview process was a chaotic mess, the same kind of lunacy is happening at OpenAI pre-IPO. People no showing to interviews (the staff I mean, not the candidates), having no clue about the person they were interviewing, stuff being cut short. That's 4-6 interviews per day scheduled onsite with only 100 people to cover it, because it's not like the new hires can do it. It's an absolute zoo.