I interviewed for a software engineer position. In the coding round, the interviewer presented a problem involving a name to configuration metadata mapping. Given a JSON query, the task was to return configurations that matched the query criteria. The metadata...
Showing 11-20 of 86 forum items
After applying, I waited a week before the HR reached out. I almost asked for a referral when the HR contacted me. **HR Round:** The HR round was standard. I was asked about why I was switching jobs, what I currently do, and what my strengths are. The HR repre...
The phone screen was a system design discussion about sentiment analysis. I didn't have to write code, but the interviewer asked detailed follow-up questions. In the virtual onsite round, the questions covered advertising technology. A unique aspect was the qu...
### Phone Screen This was my second phone screen. The first was a skip-level with the hiring manager, who was on leave. I was asked to: Part 1: Given a list of episode IDs representing a user's viewing history, determine if there are any duplicate episodes. ``...
This was my onsite interview. Because I passed the VO1, they scheduled the VO2 (onsite). **Round 1:** I spoke with a manager from the team I was interviewing with. This round was purely behavioral, mainly discussing Netflix's culture. check https://jobs.netfli...
### Round 1: Coding (60 minutes) I was asked to build a service that selects a movie or show title to display on a user's homepage billboard. Each title has a score representing its relevance to the user. The service should return titles in descending order of...
This post describes my interview experience with Netflix's advertising department. Because of the current popularity of the department, and because I plan to accept the offer, I won't share specific questions. The questions I encountered were very similar to t...
I was asked to implement a function that parses a string and converts it to an integer, without using built-in `valueOf` or similar functions. The specific requirements were: 1. The string can have a negative sign ('-') at the beginning, but not a positive sig...
Here's a breakdown of my interview experience: **Round 1: Coding** I was asked to implement a command undo system with the following functions: ``` func execute(command: str, tag: list[str]) func undo(tag: optional) -> str ``` If no tag is provided, the `undo`...
The problem statement was very broad, requiring the design of a resilient file system. My design needed to ensure file content could be recovered after a system crash. I approached the problem by referencing commonly asked questions for file system design. The...
