Very long process that drug on for several months. Went through multiple rounds interviewing with engineering team and product folks. Debriefs with hiring manger, etc. This was a bit draining.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Question from product: What is one thing you would change about the netflix product/interface and why?
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Netflix (Los Gatos, CA) in Mar 2020
Interview
I got contacted by a recruiter through LinkedIn.
Since the first call, they will ask you questions about the Netflix culture, so you have to read it.
* Manager call: questions related to micro-services, REST, etc, also questions related to Netflix culture.
I passed to the onsite, they moved fast because they wanted to interview all the candidates in the same week.
Onsite:
1. Like 30 minutes with a recruiter, she asked me questions about Netflix culture.
2. System design interview.
3. Manager interview: questions about my previous experience, questions about Netflix culture.
4. Design a Database, REST APIs
5. Coding exercise: this was easy but trivial, pay attention to the little details and validations, it was NOT a leetcode style problem.
6. Lunch with the team: casual conversation.
They can send you to your house if you are not doing well at this point. I passed to the second part of the interview.
7. Recruiter leader: behavioral questions, more questions about Netflix culture.
8. Project manager: questions about past experience, questions related to managing time, completing tasks, getting requirements, etc.
9. Hiring manager: (I was very tired at this point of the interview) trouble shouting questions, related to servers, REST APIs, micro-services.
The COVID quarantine started 1 week after I attend my onsite interview, and they just ghosted me.
I emailed the recruiter two weeks after my onsite but I got no response, it's obvious I didn't pass but it was very disrespectful that they just ghosted me.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Netflix in May 2020
Interview
There were two rounds: Manager Talk and Phone Screen. The Manager asked about background and what is my current work.
Both the rounds were good according to me, but wasn't even considered for the next round. Totally a strange company.
They mention about Netflix Culture, but what I felt was that it is just an excuse on their end to hire whosoever is liked by the management team.