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492 points storf45 | 3 comments | 16 Nov 24 03:42 UTC | HN request time: 0.214s | source
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freditup ◴[16 Nov 24 03:57 UTC] No.42154036[source]▶
I wonder if there will be any long term reputational repercussions for Netflix because of this. Amongst SWEs, Netflix is known for hiring the best people and their streaming service normally seems very solid. Other streaming services have definitely caught up a bit and are much more reliable then in the early days, but my impression still has always been that Netflix is a step above the rest technically.

This sure doesn't help with that impression, and it hasn't just been a momentary glitch but hours of instability. And the Netflix status page saying "Netflix is up! We are not currently experiencing an interruption to our streaming service." doesn't help either...

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1. a_random_name ◴[16 Nov 24 04:29 UTC] No.42154240[source]▶
If Netflix still interviews on hacker rank puzzles I think this should be a wake up call. Interviewing on irrelevant logic puzzles is no match for systems engineering.
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2. rvz ◴[16 Nov 24 05:06 UTC] No.42154448[source]▶
For systems design and engineering, absolutely this. I expected the very highest standards and upmost uptime from Netflix, similar to Google and Amazon.

Tells you the uselessness of their engineering blogs.

3. VirusNewbie ◴[16 Nov 24 06:35 UTC] No.42154847[source]▶
I did a round of netflix interviews, didn't get an offer (but passed the technical coding rounds) they absolutely had the best interview process of any company I've interviewed at my entire career.

They do make you code but the questions were 1. Not on hacker rank or leetcode 2. Pratical coding questions that didn't require anything more than basic hashmaps/lists/loops/recursion if you want. Some string parsing, etc.

They were still hard, you had to code a fast, but no tricky algorithms required. It also felt very collaborative, it felt like you were driving pair programming. Highly recommended even though didn't get an offer!