Netflix Software Engineer interview experience

I had a coding screen that was very LeetCode-like, with the expectation that I’d get working code running. Then there was a separate problem-solving round where the interviewer wanted clarifications upfront and pushed me to figure out what to implement.

I ended up doing a lot of back-and-forth just to determine what the “right” code path was, which made the run feel less like writing from a fixed prompt and more like negotiating scope in real time. I left that part understanding that the key was to ask the right questions quickly and then execute cleanly.

I didn’t move forward, mostly