New OpenAI hire shares savvy interview strategies
A new OpenAI technical staff member, Bas van Opheusden, has shared an eight-page guide on navigating AI job interviews, covering everything from recruiter strategy to coding technique and pay talks.
Bas van Opheusden, who joined OpenAI as a technical staff member in July, has published a comprehensive eight-page guide for aspiring applicants, offering strategic advice spanning recruiter calls, coding interviews, compensation discussions and more.
He suggests treating recruiter conversations as strategic briefings, which are key for understanding the hiring manager’s priorities, team dynamics, role expectations, and organisational goals.
Van Opheusden recommends taking notes during calls, ideally using a dual-screen setup, and arranging windows so it appears you’re maintaining eye contact.
He also shared a standard error: arriving at coding interviews without remembering the exact role he’d applied for, underscoring the importance of clear preparation and role alignment.
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