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UI Engineer, L4 Interview Experience
I walked in ready for a coding round, and instead they pulled up a screenshot of an internal Netflix tool and basically said, talk me through the data structure behind this UI.
Interview process
My process was a pretty normal phone screen first, then it took a turn I wasn't expecting. Instead of a coding round, the next interview was a front end system design where they shared a screenshot of an internal tool and had me write out the data structure for it in CoderPad. After that I had an onsite with five rounds total. Mine was two behavioral rounds and three technical rounds. Aside from that system design surprise, the loop itself felt pretty expected.
- Phone interview
- Technical interview
- Final round
Interview rounds
1 question across 3 roundsPhone interview
Overview
The phone screen felt pretty normal and straightforward to me, like a standard first round before the more specific UI stuff.
Question types asked
Technical interview
1 questionOverview
I went in expecting a coding round, but instead they turned it into a front end system design. They shared a screenshot of an internal tool and had me use CoderPad to write out how I would structure the data behind that UI.
Question types asked
Specific questions asked
Given this screenshot of an internal tool, how would you structure the data for it?
How would you write out the data structure in CoderPad based on what you see in the screenshot?
They gave me a screenshot of one of their internal tools and had me think through the front end system design from there. I used the shared CoderPad to write down what the data structure would look like and how I would organize the underlying data for that UI. What caught me off guard was that I had prepared for a coding challenge, so the main adjustment was realizing they cared more about how I modeled the UI and its data than about solving an algorithm question.
Final round
Overview
The onsite was five rounds total. For me that broke down into two behavioral rounds and three technical rounds, and the whole thing felt pretty expected other than how seriously they seemed to take culture fit.
Question types asked
Interview tips
I would not prep for this like it's only a coding interview. In my case, the biggest switch was needing to look at a UI and quickly map out how the data should be structured behind it, so I'd practice taking a random screen and explaining the model, the entities, and how the pieces connect. If you're only ready for algorithm problems, that round can throw you off.
Company culture
The culture stuff felt very real in this process. I'd read the Netflix culture deck before interviewing because the way they evaluated people felt almost identical to what they publish there. Feedback also seemed like a big deal, so I got the sense they want someone who really fits that style and can come across like a Netflix person, not just someone who is technically solid.
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