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Updated May 25, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.
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Senior Software Engineer at Netflix
Posted Sep 19, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Mar 2011 (took 3 weeks)
Three phone interviews - 1 from hiring manager, one from a software engineer, VP
1 day, 3 hour F2F interview: recruiter, 2 engineers, hiring manager, director
1 day, 3 hour F2F interview: director of eng, VP, HR
Make you jump through hurdles as if this is the best company in the world...
Engineers try to talk you out of the cutthroat culture and say just deliver on your projects. Overall feeling that everyone is working hard to survive. High salary offer about 30-50% of what you currently make. choice of dividing $$$ in salary and/or stocks. Interviews test your skill set and try to find out if there is a personality issue.
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Reason for Declining
In the end, I told them "It wasn't a good fit for me" and left it as is. They are pretty arrogant telling me that no one declines their offer based on compensation. It's as if they are the elite club in the Silicon Valley. Well, looks like the stocks are doing too well having it decline over 50% in the last few months. I'm glad I didn't accept as I see myself bailing out now before it's too late. Go at your own risk!
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The interview consisted of a Skills Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Senior Software Engineer at Netflix
Posted Sep 19, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Sep 2011 in Los Gatos, CA (took 3 weeks)
Applied on the website. A recruiter called. First telephonic with the hiring manager. Simple linked list/tree coding question with screen shared. Another telephonic interview where the Architect dug deep. Asked concepts on Java, Multithreading, Design Patterns etc. If you do your homework, they should be ok to crack.
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Reason for Declining
Overall, the negative feedback on glassdoor made it easy for me to ignore this offer. Even though they pay pretty neat, but I felt I can be happy at other place.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Skills Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Senior Software Engineer at Netflix
Posted Sep 16, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 in Los Gatos, CA (took 2 weeks)
After the initial discussion I had an interview over the phone. The engineer over the phone asked questions about my resume and a few design questions. I was informed after 2 days that they want me to come for an in-person interview.
I was surprised to see how many people were there for interview at the same time I was invited. It was a mini job fair :). I had inteview with directors, engineers and HR. I must confess I was not grilled either by HR or engineers. They asked things about my resume, what is the toughest project you have worked on, how I feel about their culture etc. I was only posed only one technical problem.
I was informed later that it didn't work out for me. The group I was interviewing with handled all the communication very nicely. My only regret is that they rejected me without testing my technical skills.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a 1:1 Interview.
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Senior Software Engineer at Netflix
Posted Sep 8, 2011 — 1 of 1 people found this helpful
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Aug 2011 (took 4 weeks)
Very weired interview from HR....
Engineer interview is normal, the question is no difficult compare with GOOG, Amazon, Microsoft
Interview Questions
algorithm and coding
Reason for Declining
The rise my pay 30% but no enough to make me move, and I do not really like their culture
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Skills Test.
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I Interviewed for A Position On the Business Side at Netflix
Posted Jul 28, 2011 — 11 of 11 people found this helpful
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Received and Declined Offer
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Interviewed Apr 2011 in Los Gatos, CA (took 2 weeks)
I applied online and got a phone call from a recruiter two days later. I was scheduled for an hour interview with the same HR person a few days later. The interview went very well. The interesting thing was that the recruiter seemed to know a lot about the business and asked me some tough questions which made the process interesting. I got a call back the same day and had another interviewed scheduled with the hiring manager for a few days later. That interview was pretty simple with basic skills discussion and a brief overview of the job/company. The hiring manager said immediately after the interview that I would be called in for an inperson interview. I was scheduled for an all day interview for the next week. The whole in person experience was a bit odd from the minute I arrived at the location in Los Gatos. It was 8am and felt like 4pm on a Sunday - no one to be found around. The whole place felt deserted. There was only one receptionist in the whole building. I was escorted to the room I was supposed to interview in by the hiring manager who was first in line to interview me. I got to ask many questions during that interview which I appreciated. The next interview was with a potential colleague in the same team. She asked a few case questitons. She did not feel very happy with her position or the manager when I asked her a few questions about how she felt working there. The third interview was a full hour of consulting style case study. The three interviews after that was easy and involved general business questions (two of these were with HR). My last interview for the day was with a C level exec and was brutal. Pretty intimidating but apprently I did well as I got offered the job five days after the in person interviews. They do referral checks and do actually call your references. Make sure to have your references prepare a list of strengths and weaknesses. After the reference checks were completed the recruiter called me for another meeting which I thought was the second round of in person interviews. It was not an interview day though. They made the offer to me in person in the Los Gatos office.
Reason for Declining
At the end I got an amazing offer. 30% increase in total compensation from where I am right now. Sounds amazing, right? I declided the offer. I loved the offer and the job but I declined the offer becuase of the company and its ruthless culture. Not only did I decide that I am not a fit to the culture but I do not approve of such a culture. I am a very hard worker and I am very smart. I don't mind working long hours. But I could not work at a company that treated its employees as disposable "robots". I want to earn more but I also want to have a life. I did not want to risk my financial future (it seemed like getting let go is very easy and is in the hands of your manager and whether he/she likes you), I did not want to work long hours and still think my job was at risk, I simply did not want to take an unjustified risk (that felt way above average compared to other growth companies) for a little more earnings. Based on my research in glassdoor, talking to current and previous employees, reading the culture deck and interviewing there it just did not sound like a place I wanted to work for. A few key words I kept hearing were: culture of fear, revolving door, letting go, firing, work hard with no recognition, no job security, performance reviews very subjective, etc. It all came down to this: as a person you are looking for security in all aspect of your life. You want security in your country, home and relationships. Well, you also need it in your job. I don't care how much they pay or what growth story they have I declined to work at a place that offered less than average security compared to its peers. My advice is make sure you do your homework and know the risk you are taking when interviewing for this company. Until they make big changes to their HR policies and treat employees like humans (rumors do not come out for no reason at all) they will start losing interest in the eyes of the "smart" people they go after. No amount of monetary "carrot" will be enough to lure these guys in at some point. Glassdoor and people who submit reviews here were amazing help in my decision. Read every single review to make sure you are getting an accurate picture. It has been a few months since my decline and right now I know I made the right decision every day I go home and have time to play with my daughter with no job security thoughts in my mind. I am happy...
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I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Skills Test, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Customer Service Supervisor at Netflix
Posted Aug 20, 2011
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2.0
Easy Interview
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Overall Neutral Experience
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Received and Accepted Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2009 in Hillsboro, OR (took a day)
Multiple emails resulted in a face to face with upper management.
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Negotiation Details
Easy. The offer came immediately after the interview. Advice: Don't just chase the higher $ amount....the chances are that you will not be getting it for long. Sometimes the smaller paycheck is worth the stability.
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I got the interview through a Recruiter and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview and a Background Check.
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Software Engineer at Netflix
Posted Aug 21, 2011 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Negative Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 (took a day)
Contacted me for a job. I agreed to be interviewed and sent them a resume. After that, they just disappeared out of existence. Flakey and a waste of time - avoid.
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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview.
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Vendor Account Specialist at Netflix
Posted Aug 8, 2011
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1.0
Very Easy Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 in Beverly Hills, CA (took a day)
The interview process was very smooth. I had a phone interview with the HR recruiter that lasted 30 minutes. She followed up with the in-person interview information. I met with 3 people at Netflix. Everyone was very nice and professional.
My advice would be to focus on how your skills are going to meet the job requirements. Read the corporate culture deck online and make sure everything you discuss is in line with what they have online. Their corporate culture is a very important to them and it will really come down to who is going to fit in the best at the company and in their group.
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Marketing Manager at Netflix
Posted Jul 29, 2011 — 0 of 1 people found this helpful
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4.0
Difficult Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed May 2011 in Beverly Hills, CA (took 3 days)
Phone interview was standard. When I was brought in for a face-to-face interview, I was sent a schedule ahead of time of the 5 separate (separate) interview appointments I would have with every member of the team. It was extremely thorough, although overwhelming at times, and they freely admitted that they often fired employees who weren't constantly putting in extra effort. Definitely worth it to ask them the breakdown of the team in detail - job titles mean very little at Netflix, as your job responsibilities are constantly shifting, and they rarely do title promotions.
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The interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Phone Interview.
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Recruiting Researcher at Netflix
Posted Jul 26, 2011
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3.0
Average Interview
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Overall Positive Experience
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Interviewed and No Offer
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Interviewed Jul 2011 (took a day)
Contacted after posting resume on their careers board. Talked with recruiter who was doing exactly what I would be doing, sourcing potential employees.
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