I interviewed at Netflix several years ago. It was a fairly standard SV interview. That is - whiteboard questions on basic data structures and algorithms (I'm 40 and I still absolutely suck at those).
Failed of course :) But they put me up in a really nice hotel, so there's that. In the years since, I've definitely lost all interest in working in SV (the fact that I've failed every single interview I've had with SV companies admittedly might have something to do with it). Ah well, at my age it's time to accept that the window has closed on some things :)
I'll give Netflix this - I left the interview knowing I'd failed. I was told this, to my face, before being shown the door (The interviewer wasn't mean about it). I'll take that over being told "We'll let you know" and waiting weeks before getting a generic rejection email from HR (or even better, being ghosted).
Failed of course :) But they put me up in a really nice hotel, so there's that. In the years since, I've definitely lost all interest in working in SV (the fact that I've failed every single interview I've had with SV companies admittedly might have something to do with it). Ah well, at my age it's time to accept that the window has closed on some things :)
I'll give Netflix this - I left the interview knowing I'd failed. I was told this, to my face, before being shown the door (The interviewer wasn't mean about it). I'll take that over being told "We'll let you know" and waiting weeks before getting a generic rejection email from HR (or even better, being ghosted).