I applied in October for the Senior Software Engineer in Test position.

The recruiter contacted me within a week, and I had a Collabedit phone interview with the hiring manager the following week.

The interview went well, and I was invited back the following week for an onsite in Los Gatos. That also went pretty well, and I was invited back for a second round.

While scheduling this second onsite, I was informed that the position had been filled.

About three weeks later, I was contacted by the recruiter again, saying that the opportunity actually did not work out with that other candidate.

I was able to pick up where I left off in my original process and went back for the second interview. Within the week, I was presented with an “offer,” but the compensation terms were not disclosed.

Since the hiring manager had second-guessed my reason for wanting to work for Netflix, they told me to take my time to decide if this was the right opportunity for me and to let them know my choice as they continued interviewing other candidates.

Not wanting to take any chances, I scheduled a call the following week with the intention of trying to address their concerns about why Netflix was the right opportunity for me. Mistakenly, I may have focused my reasoning more on Netflix as a company and how it fits within my career, rather than the immediate role and team for which I had applied.

Two days later, I was told by the hiring manager and recruiter that their situation had changed, as a couple of people on their team were leaving for various reasons (i.e., paternal/maternal leave, other opportunities).

Because of this, they explained that they did not want to put that much pressure on me.

I was then told that they would keep in contact with me and revisit my candidacy in a year.

This roller coaster of an interview process spanned the course of two and a half months.

Why do you want to work at Netflix?