Netflix Staff Backend Engineer Interview Preparation Guide

Netflix's interview process for Staff Backend Engineers consists of a recruiter screening phase followed by technical phone rounds and comprehensive onsite interviews. The onsite includes multiple coding sessions, system design deep dives, architecture reviews, and behavioral assessments aligned with Netflix's 'Freedom & Responsibility' culture. Candidates are evaluated on distributed systems expertise, production-scale problem-solving, mentorship capability, and ability to drive architectural decisions across microservices ecosystems. The process emphasizes end-to-end ownership, incident response maturity, and influence on technical strategy.