OpenAI Interview Questions 2026

Published July 22, 2026 · Updated July 22, 2026

1 real interview questions asked at OpenAI. Covers AI / Prompt Engineering. Reported by engineers who went through the OpenAI process.

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OpenAI Medium Technical round 2–5 YearsLLMPython

Explain the difference between zero-shot, few-shot, and chain-of-thought prompting. When would you choose each in production?

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Explain the difference between zero-shot, few-shot, and chain-of-thought prompting. When would you choose each in production?
Explain the difference between zero-shot, few-shot, and chain-of-thought prompting. When would you choose each in production?