openai fde loop done, got the offer. writing this up bc theres literally nothing out there about this role

ok so first thing: this is NOT the normal swe loop. theres no leetcode gauntlet, no algorithms screen at all actually. whole thing was like 3.5 weeks, 7 touchpoints. recruiter call first. their opening question was basically "why forward deployed and not just openai" and i could tell from her tone that "bc its the only open role lol" ends…