Netflix interview notes, page 4 of 20

“This one tripped me up because I came in thinking about technical prep and suddenly I'm doing organizational ethics.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at Netflix, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started rattling off accuracy and loss and the interviewer just kind of waited.” 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 just kept expanding.” 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 by trying to define 'inactive' which felt like the right move but I probably spent too long on it.” 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.

“My first instinct was BFS and I went with it, which was right, but I fumbled explaining why the number of BFS levels equals the answer.” 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 knew LRU cache cold so my first instinct was to just reach for a doubly linked list plus a hashmap and call it a day.” 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 is the question that exposes whether you actually built something or just managed a roadmap someone else handed you.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at Netflix, Onsite - Product Sense / Strategy round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one sprawled.” 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 spatial locality and parameter sharing, which felt right, but I fumbled a bit explaining why fully connected layers are actually bad for images at scale.” 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.

“Jumped straight to the hash set approach, O(n) time and space, insert each element and bail early on a collision.” 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.