Netflix·Data Engineer

Netflix Data Engineer interview experience

L5Posted Jan 2026 · Candidate report, summarized by Dataford

My first step was a Senior Data Engineer phone screen that felt more like a conversation about how I think than a test of memorized trivia.

The recruiter set expectations that the call would center on past experience and real problem-solving, and the questions ended up matching that pretty closely.

The technical portion was essentially framed as how I would handle a data problem, with follow-ups that asked how I’d design the solution. I also got prompted to describe a failure I’d experienced, which made the behavioral side feel tightly tied to technical judgment. At some point, there was also a SQL-oriented question style—focused on reasoning through things like grouping, ranking, or duplicates—rather than just writing syntax

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