I applied in-person. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Netflix in May 2021
Interview
Director at Netflix reached out re position on her team that would have require cross-country relocation. While not looking for a change, I agreed to a few preliminary conversations with team members and others staff. Accepted invitation to headquarter for a morning of conversations with another four individuals. Ended in a lecture about how my personality was not compatible with the extremely humble yet extraordinarily accomplished Netflix folks. Everyone I talked to was no longer at Netflix within twelve months of those conversations.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did you solve a technical challenge? Tell me about a conflict and how you addressed it, What was your biggest failure?
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Netflix
Interview
Started with a few casual phone screens to intro the teams and get an idea of overall experience. Moved on to the technical screen which was very uncomfortable.
My interviewee was very aggressive, at times bordering on angry at answers that were given. At one point he actually yelled into the phone "What you're doing is NOT what I asked". I prompted him to be clearer with his question and he sat silent and simply didn't answer me. At one point I actually considered stopping the interview, asking him to calm down and requesting to be interviewed by someone who wasn't as angry.
Incredibly unprofessional and not expected. Never dealt with this specific issue in 11 years as a DS. There was a moment or two on the call that I was so speechless by the behavior that I actually didn't know how to proceed with continuing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The questions were average and meant to test knowledge of stats and SQL. Questions included:
- A/B testing and variance understanding
- P value descriptions
-ANOVA
The SQL was quite easy. One of two simple joins, nothing at all complicated.
HR reached out and had two phone screen. the first one asked about culture and behavioral type of problem and the second round focus on management experience. it seems like they really focus on their culture.