Netflix Software Engineer Interview Questions

Malay K. - "For any project based questions, it is important to structure your response clearly, showcasing your thought process, technical skills, problem-solving abilities, and how your work added value. Besides the STAR method, you can also use this kind of framework: 1. Start by selecting a relevant project (related to the role) Give the project background and what specific problem it solved. 2. Align the project's objective and your role Be specific about your role: were you the le"See full answer

Zakery K. - "Conflict is a GREAT opportunity to really demonstrate that you care about someone and, through effective conflict resolution, build stronger authentic relationships with the people you work with. When faced with conflict, I prioritize understanding all perspectives involved. I start by actively listening to the other parties: asking clarifying questions to pinpoint the source of the conflict, reflecting back what I'm hearing to make sure I understand them correctly, and ultimately identify"See full answer

Ben G. - "Situation - A time I dealt with conflict while on a team was while I was working at Shopify on physical and digital gift card refund point of sale solutions. The situation was that we were dealing with complex technical constraints including not changing particular UI components behavior to act as they should be intended. On the refund screen, the existing design was using a toggle on the same screen to bring up a modal for gift card selection to either select digital or physical options. Thi"See full answer

Oriole O. - "Situation : During my time in my previous company, I was leading a program which involved a cross-functional team. The project was to migrate all the legacy servers to Azure and had a tight deadline of 4 months. Each team had distinct goals and responsibilites to be delivered Task : My task was to collaborate with the multi regional team and ensure a smooth delivery within the defined budget and schedule. Action : I believe communication is the key to handle a cross-functional team"See full answer

Reno S. - "func isValid(_ s: String) -> Bool { let pairs: [Character: Character] = ["(": ")", "{": "}", "[": "]"] var stack: [Character] = [] for char in s.characters { if let closing = pairs[char] { stack.append(closing) } else if stack.isEmpty || stack.removeLast() != char { return false } } return stack.isEmpty } `"See full answer

Laksitha R. - "public static int maxProfitGreedy(int[] stockPrices) { int maxProfit = 0; for(int i = 1; i todayPrice) { maxProfit += tomorrowPrice - todayPrice; } } return maxProfit; } "See full answer

Anonymous Capybara - "using a relational database isn't a good choice for this system! we need more availability here than consistency (CAP theorem)"See full answer

Gomathi S. - "I product manage customer care - while I belong to the ecommerce platform team. customer care is not a direct contributor for revenue and the feedback i received during my career progression was unless i contribute to revenue i cannot be on promotion track. this is difficult feedback to act on as its not by job responsibility. worked with my manager on 2 fronts - 1) create a succession plan so i can take on additional responsibility that contributes to revenue and 2) create a plan on how care ca"See full answer

Sayee M. - "talked about a time when customer is trying to go to cloud for first time and championing the effort.. it is strategic and also a risk because outside of the OEM, no one we know had implemented this product architecture on the cloud.. used first [principles, did a crawl, walk jog approach and implemented it. Risk because of lack of reference architecture, clodu tech was new to me . career making/breaking project for customer. result : project was successful. presented story in a conference."See full answer

Chung jin C. - "In my role as VP of operational model transformation was leading the definition of current and to be state of operations for a business representing >50% of the revenue & profits of the company. In a monthly feedback session, my manager shared how he noticed I had not delegated tasks and that I should work with 2 members who had been seconded to the team. We were working on a tight timeline and we wanted to get the targets completed earlier so that we can provide some buffer for further alignm"See full answer