Netflix Marketing Interview Questions
& Process

I applied online and heard back from the HR department in about a week. I had an initial screening phone interview with an HR person based in the US. She was very friendly and professional, and didn’t really ask any difficult questions. She mainly asked about my background, how I could add value to an organization like Netflix, and what I know about Netflix. She also asked a lot about my digital media experience and wanted to know how familiar I am with the world of programmatic. At the end of the interview she said she really enjoyed talking with me, that she would put me on the VP of Marketing’s radar, and that I should expect to be contacted soon for a 2nd interview. A week later they got back to me saying that although the feedback was very positive, they didn’t feel that my background was the right fit.

The first recruiter reached out to me proactively for a screening, which went well and they were super responsive. 5-star experience! Then the role got moved to another recruiter and communication basically stopped. I had to reach out over and over just to move anything forward, which felt like pulling teeth even though they were the ones who contacted me originally. Very strange. When I finally got the interview with the hiring manager, it got even stranger. He didn’t ask anything about me or my background beyond the usual “tell me about yourself in a few minutes.” The rest of the time he just talked about himself, the team, and their ambitions. I risked seeming rude, but I ended up having to interrupt and proactively explain how my experience fit with whatever he was talking about. It ended with him saying my experience was exactly what they were looking for, that I was clearly an expert in this area, and that he wanted me to meet the rest of the team in the coming weeks. Then it went back to silence from the recruiter. Five weeks went by (and three follow-ups from me) before I finally heard that I wouldn’t be moving forward. Because of Netflix’s corporate policy, I asked if I could get feedback on the outcome and what I could improve. After a few more weeks of back and forth, I finally had a call with the recruiter. Besides saying my experience wasn’t a match anymore, she also said I had applied to other Netflix roles in the past that weren’t exactly what this role does, and they wanted someone who knew exactly what they wanted. That was frustrating because I have a broad set of skills that can apply to many kinds of roles. Also I had been unemployed and honestly desperate to find work anywhere I could add value. It was such a discouraging answer that makes me question applying there again, not that I will since apparently applying to different roles is disqualifying.

The hiring process here feels like a ploy to assess salaries in the industry. I've talked with several people in the field and they say Netflix posts roles they don't actually plan to fill. You keep seeing the same roles constantly on their careers site. I had two interviews with them and they send a 100-page PowerPoint about the company culture, which basically says they fire bottom-line employees every year. The HR person told me this isn't the place for you if you like job security. The interview is more like a personality test to see what you think of their horrible culture.