Netflix interview notes, page 18 of 20

“My first instinct was to start designing classes and I went down that path for maybe two minutes before they redirected me.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Netflix, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one sprawled in a way I didn't expect.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Netflix, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This tripped me up more than it should have.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Netflix, Recruiter / HR Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The score ordering part is easy, just a heap or sorted structure.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Netflix, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I'd read the memo before the interview but not deeply enough to have a real opinion.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Netflix, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one sprawled in ways I didn't anticipate.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Netflix, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started with the mechanics, SGD is just gradient times learning rate, with momentum as an optional velocity term that smooths out the updates.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Netflix, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This question sprawls in every direction and I underestimated how much they wanted on the monitoring side.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Netflix, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“They really do want you to tie this back to their culture memo specifically.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Netflix, Recruiter / HR Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I knew the high level answer but stumbled a bit on the specifics of the training algorithm.” The rest of the author's notes on Machine Learning Engineer interview at Netflix, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.