I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Netflix (Austin, TX) in Mar 2025
Interview
Recruiter called 10 minutes late, was driving while interviewing, told me the next interview with the hiring manager was conversational abd they ewanred me 2 talk about 2 prob but that I didn’t need to present my portfolio just yet, I thought it was odd, so I sent follow up questions which they didn’t respond.
I followed my gut and still prepared a portfolio presentation with 2 case studies.
When I had the interview with the hiring manager, I shared what the recruiter told me but asked if they wanted me to share my portfolio presentation, the hiring manager confirmed this was indeed a portfolio presentation and this was not a conversational interview, and mentioned the recruiter was wrong. Thank god I decided to prepare the portfolio presentation.
Anyways, the portfolio presentation was regular, 5 min intros, 30 min case study presentation, 10 min q&a . I got asked 1 question, then I asked a couple of questions.
Got the recruiter email 2 days after that they wanted to keep the process with other candidates, I requested feedback and never heard from the recruiter anymore.
I spent a week making my portfolio presentation, just for them to not even give me feedback, that’s ruuude.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How did I make sure the components on the design system addressed user feedback.