OpenAI System Design Interview Questions

These are the 27 OpenAI system design interview questions AceOffer has reconstructed from candidate reports, sorted by how often each was reported. System Design: CI/CD Pipeline leads at 45×. Every question shows when it was last reported; the catalog refreshes monthly.

Key facts

  • 27 distinct system design questions indexed
  • 215 candidate reports across those questions
  • Most reported: System Design: CI/CD Pipeline — 45× (last seen March 2026)
  • Refreshed monthly · last updated July 2026

Most reported OpenAI system design questions

Sorted by candidate-report frequency. Click any question for the full breakdown.

QuestionRoundReportedLast seen
System Design: CI/CD PipelineFreeSystem Design45×March 2026
System Design: SlackSystem Design38×May 2026
System Design: Payment SystemSystem Design30×April 2026
System Design: ChatGPT / GPT Interactive Chat UISystem Design20×April 2026
System Design: Online IDE / Sandbox Cloud IDESystem Design13×May 2026
System Design: Online Chess GameSystem Design9×May 2026
System Design: Webhook Delivery ServiceSystem Design8×February 2026
Novel Data Mining from Large Unlabeled DatasetsSystem Design6×April 2026
System Design: Crossword Puzzle Solver ServiceSystem Design6×April 2026
System Design: Place of Interest (POI) / Yelp ServiceSystem Design5×February 2026
System Design: URL ShortenerSystem Design5×April 2026
System Design: Web CrawlerSystem Design4×February 2026
Recommendation & Search System DesignSystem Design4×November 2025
System Design: Calendar ApplicationSystem Design3×February 2026
AI Playground System DesignSystem Design3×April 2026
System Design: Image Sharing with DeduplicationSystem Design2×April 2026
Multi-Shard Data Management ArchitectureSystem Design2×March 2026
System Design: YouTube / Video Publishing Storage SystemSystem Design2×February 2026
Design Sora / Video Generation Scheduling SystemSystem Design2×April 2026
ML System Design: Image Extraction from Chat Logs for New ConceptsSystem Design1×December 2025
System Design: OpenAI PlatformSystem Design1×October 2025
Database Scaling for Notification SystemSystem Design1×October 2025
Design Functional Scalable Full-Stack Web App from MockupsSystem Design1×September 2025
GPU Credit Scheduling System DesignSystem Design1×October 2025
Coffee Shop Ordering System DesignSystem Design1×April 2026
Stock Trading System Design (Robinhood-like)System Design1×January 2026
Large Model Deployment System DesignSystem Design1×September 2025

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FAQ

How many system design questions does OpenAI ask?
AceOffer has reconstructed 27 distinct OpenAI system design interview questions from 215 verified candidate reports, each with verbatim follow-ups and a last-reported date.
What is the most common OpenAI system design interview question?
System Design: CI/CD Pipeline — reported 45 times, last seen March 2026.
How fresh is AceOffer's OpenAI system design question data?
The catalog is refreshed monthly from new candidate reports, and every question shows when it was last reported.

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