Netflix Engineering Manager Interview Experiences

I originally applied for a different Netflix role, got rejected at the application stage, and then about two weeks later a recruiter reached out to me about this EM opening on the tooling side. Honestly, it was way easier than I expected because almost all of it was based on my actual experience instead of abstract or super theoretical questions. I had around 10 discussions if you count the recruiter bookends, with manager screens, behavioral rounds, one system design, a final block, and lunch with the team. The only round that really threw me was system design because they gave me no drawing tool and then got unexpectedly deep on recommendation signals like hover-over behavior. I got the offer, but I ended up going with a different company.

• Tell me about a time when you faced a conflict while on a team.
• How do you prioritize and structure roadmaps, deciding what to build and when?
• How do you manage high performers?