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A few months ago now, I wrote a document about my experiences interviewing for AI research jobs before eventually joining @OpenAI. This doc details my process and lessons learned. Hope it's helpful!
tinyurl.com/bas-ai-intervi…
basvanopheusden
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basvanopheusden
@basvanopheusden
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Joined October 2010
- A few weeks ago, I started a new job at @OpenAI. I wrote a document about my interview process and recommendations for anyone on the job market for AI research positions. I hope it's helpful! docs.google.com/document/d/1ZV…
- Excited that this is seeing the light of day! “Expertise increases planning depth in human gameplay” in @Nature. nature.com/articles/s4158….
- Replying to @AndyMasleyNot to criticize too harshly but "NNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN" may not have been the maximum-information guess :p
- I’m excited to announce a new paper @PNASNews , titled “Superhuman Artificial Intelligence Can Improve Human Decision-Making by Increasing Novelty”. Link: pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pn…. Work with Minkyu Shin, @jinkimsci and @cocosci_lab. 1/7
- Replying to @basvanopheusden and @OpenAIOne recommendation in this document is to start job searches by networking, and reaching out to friends and old colleagues. If you know me and are interested in working at openai, please DM me - I'd love to catch up! And if you don't, feel free to DM regardless ;)
- Replying to @SamuelHBlackI think the tymna thrasios player probably should refuse to draw. When push comes to shove, there is a spell on the stack right now that will win the game if it resolves. It sucks, but you have to interact if you can. The tymna thrasios player is not at all guaranteed to win.
- Replying to @IslandsInFrontIn what formats? I've seen it tear up legacy and cedh and those are some of the most interactive formats out there.
- Replying to @basvanopheusden and @OpenAIThis is intended as a living document, so please DM me with feedback or suggestions for other interview prep resources
- Replying to @maxtortionVery interested where this might see a home, black/white is not a super common Legacy color pair outside of Death & Taxes which actively wants to not run this
- I haven't read the paper in detail but Puzzle 1 is all I need to be convinced that the discovery team at Deepmind has managed to capture true beauty! What a move ;) Hint: try to play the dumbest possible move you can think ofI am excited to share a work we did in the Discovery team at @GoogleDeepMind using RL and generative models to discover creative chess puzzles 🔊♟️♟️ #neurips2025 🎨While strong chess players intuitively recognize the beauty of a position, articulating the precise elements that
- A couple weeks ago, I joined @OpenAI. So far, it's been a blast! It actually reminds me of my first weeks at Princeton 13 years ago. OpenAI "feels" like an academic department: everyone is doing cool research, people are happy to chat and I'm learning loads just from being here.
- Replying to @SterlingCooleyTo suggest that anyone take non-FDA approved drugs without a prescription from a manufacturer supplied for laboratory research use only on the basis of a "totally wild theory" (which itself is a charitable assessment) is irresponsible and dangerous.
