Netflix Senior Software Engineer interview questions

First screening interview with recruiter and then 2 rounds with a week gap. Each round is one day with 4 interviews one after another. Questions were pretty simple if you are who they want. You need you fit right on the expertise for a position + being able to work in a loosely-coupled environment and be able to make tough decisions and be fully responsible.

I had three calls as part of the screening process but never made it to a loop. For the recruiter screening call they essentially ambushed me and made it into a technical screening call. They gave no prep details, and no expectations around how technical the recruiter was or what language they could expect to understand, how deep to go etc. They asked very vague questions and the whole experience was uncomfortable. The second screening call was with a hiring manager. This was typical b&v but pretty ruthless overall. They were direct about performance which was positive and the experience overall was good. Third was a technical coding interview which was partly systems based. I performed well except for an optimization at the end. By the time we got there before I had space to optimize they pushed for a specific optimization. I presented a better one but they required a specific answer and tried to ask targeted questions in a confusing way. I had a hard time understanding the specific optimization they wanted and got dinged for it. Overall my impression is that they want people who can recite all the answers. They dont give space for discussion and collaboration, they want people who have seen the problem before.