I had been in touch with a recruiter at Netflix for about 10 months before I decided to move forward with an interview. I didn't move forward earlier because I had been at my new company for about 6 months.

When I reached out to the recruiter, she forwarded me to another recruiter who had an open position that matched my skill sets.

When I indicated I was interested in the role, she set up a meeting with the hiring manager. The manager explained things in more detail and asked me some questions about my current role, as well as a coding question.

Later that day, the recruiter called me back, saying they would like to schedule a phone interview with an engineer later that day or the next. I told them I'd need a week to prep, and we scheduled it for the following Monday, 5 days later.

Within a few hours of the phone interview, I received a call asking for my availability to fly down to HQ for an onsite interview.

At the onsite, I was scheduled for two rounds:

• A first round with 5 interviews (1 HR, 4 technical).
• A second round with 3 interviews (with directors and a VP for more high-level and team fit).

Advice:

• Carry some energy bars with you because one of your interviews is a lunch interview, and your interviewer may not necessarily eat with you. You'll want to avoid the awkwardness of eating and answering!
• Stop and get something to drink after each interview because you'll get thirsty after so much talking!

Overall, the people I met were friendly and open about Netflix's culture, and they didn't hesitate to answer any question I asked.

I had the interview on Friday, and by Monday, I was told they were willing to make me an offer.

Describe one of the most interesting/challenging bugs you found in your system (this is after explaining the architecture in detail) and how you went about getting it resolved.

Expect coding questions throughout the entire process. Everything is fair game, from trees to recursion to dynamic programming.

Make sure you read the culture deck on the Netflix jobs site; you will get asked questions about it.