OpenAI researcher "Alisa Liu" had 57 interviews before joining OpenAI, and then She open-sourced her entire study notes job/learning process.
- her LLM study notes
- her math interview notes
- a full honest write-up of the job process
If you are preparing for research scientist / MTS roles, this is the highest-signal material available right now.
You can use her notes or her topic list to study on your own. That’s rare. Don’t waste it.
Md Ismail Šojal 🕷️
@0x0SojalSec
notes, diagrams, implementing transformers from scratch.
Outlining core topics including neural net basics, multi-layer perceptrons, gradients, backpropagation, optimizers, and vanilla RNN architecture with mathematical explanations.
LLM notes : alisawuffles.notion.site/alisa-s-book-o…
Math notes : alisawuffles.notion.site/math-notes
job process: alisawuffles.github.io/blog/job-search/
Outlining core topics including neural net basics, multi-layer perceptrons, gradients, backpropagation, optimizers, and vanilla RNN architecture with mathematical explanations.
LLM notes : alisawuffles.notion.site/alisa-s-book-o…
Math notes : alisawuffles.notion.site/math-notes
job process: alisawuffles.github.io/blog/job-search/
9:48 PM UTC · Sep 20, 2026 · 6.6K Views
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