Design a distributed crossword fill solver

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This question evaluates understanding of distributed systems, constraint-satisfaction modeling, scalable search and parallelization, along with fault tolerance and coordination for completing a combinatorial crossword fill over a large dictionary.

Design a distributed crossword fill solver

Company: OpenAI

Role: Software Engineer

Category: System Design

Difficulty: medium

Interview Round: Technical Screen

Overview: This question evaluates understanding of distributed systems, constraint-satisfaction modeling, scalable search and parallelization, along with fault tolerance and coordination for completing a combinatorial crossword fill over a large dictionary.

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OpenAI
Jan 17, 2026
mediumSoftware EngineerTechnical ScreenSystem Design
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