Netflix Software Engineer Interview Questions
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You are given an integer array time of size n, where time[i] represents the time taken by the i-th process to send a notification to a single device. All processes start working simultaneously and ope
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Online application -> HR contacted -> Asked about Faye Wong's culture and his proudest project. First round in-store interview -> Implement a key-value pair that can expire -> Follow-up question: How
Movie History Friends II ### The Challenge We have a record of movies watched by different customers. The list for each customer shows the movies in the exact order they watched them. In this proble
Meeting Rooms
Meeting Rooms ## Problem Requirements You are given a list of meeting time intervals. Each interval has a specific **start** time and **end** time. Your task is to check if a person can attend all t
Design an Ads Audience Targeting System Design a system that lets advertisers upload lists of users. The system must group these users into segments and use them to target ads precisely. The system
Contains Duplicate
Problem Requirements You are given a list of whole numbers called `nums`. Your goal is to check if any number appears more than once in this list. * If any number shows up at least twice, return `tr
Sorting Shows Based on User Preferences ### The Challenge Imagine you have an app that displays a list of TV shows. You need to write a program that sorts these shows based on what a user likes. The
Netflix Homepage: Removing Duplicate Titles ### The Scenario Imagine the Netflix homepage. It is structured as a vertical list of rows, which we call **shelves**. Each shelf holds a horizontal list
Longest Substring Without Repeating Characters ### Problem Requirements You are given a string called `s`. Your task is to find the length of the longest substring that contains no duplicate charact
Music Playlist
Problem Requirements We need to build a data structure that keeps a history of songs listened to. Each entry must store the song name and the timestamp when it was played. You need to create a class
Countdown Latch
Countdown Latch ## The Challenge You need to build a **thread-safe counter**. This counter allows several threads to pause and wait until the count drops to zero. You must create a `CountdownLatch`
Design a Billing System for 300M Subscribers This guide explains how to design a billing system for Netflix. The system needs to handle monthly payments for 300 million users. It must charge users o
Parallel Courses
The Challenge: Parallel Courses You are given an integer `n`. This number tells you there are `n` courses you need to take, labeled from `1` to `n`. You are also given a list called `relations`. Ins
Timer Function
Building a Recursive Timer ## Problem Statement You need to write a function called `timer`. This function takes one input called `seconds` (a non-negative integer). The goal is to return a string t
Reconstruct Itinerary ## Problem Requirements You are given a list of airline `tickets`. Each ticket shows where a flight starts and where it ends, written as `[from, to]`. Your task is to arrange t
Versioned File System ## What We Are Building We need to create a **file system in memory** that handles **versions**. This system must allow standard operations like Create, Read, Update, and Delet
System Overview An Ads Frequency Cap system restricts how many times a user sees a specific ad within a certain time frame. This is different from a standard **Rate Limiter** because the **read and
Auto-Expire Cache
Auto-Expire Cache ## Problem Requirements You need to build a **key-value cache**. This system must store data (key-value pairs) that disappears automatically after a specific amount of time. This p
Error Rate Monitor
System Health Monitor **The Challenge** You need to check the safety levels of a system. You are given an array called `errorRates`. The value at `errorRates[i]` tells you the error rate at time `i`
Number Pairs That Match Target ## Problem Statement You are provided with a list of integers called `nums` and a specific number called `target`. You need to find all pairs of numbers from the list
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