OpenAI hiring 'Coding Agent Experience' engineers via Mercor; applicants seek assessment tips
Low_Arachnid531 · reddit · 2026-09-24
A candidate who applied to OpenAI's "Exceptional Software Engineers (Coding Agent Experience)" contractor role (via Mercor) posted asking for prep advice after receiving the technical assessment invite: what domains to prioritize (agentic workflows, function calling, tool-use loops, API design, environment config), what format the evaluation takes, and what evaluators look for in code structure and documentation.
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