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What are Recruiters at Netflix Looking for?

When trying to fill a role, Netflix recruiters are seeking candidates with experience and skills that best match the job description. A genuine interest in Netflix is the bare minimum–at the very least, the candidate must have researched the role, company, and culture deck. Recruiters put much more emphasis on their core cultural values than recruiters at other companies. Demonstrating you're familiarity with Netflix values can help you stand out.

Recruiters are generally only seeking candidates with "minimum experience", which generally means 3+ years of relevant work in the field and role. This means recruiters are usually looking for highly experienced candidates, often already in senior-level or mid-level roles.

Netflix operates with a “Culture of Recruitment”, meaning that recruiters and hiring managers work together rather than independently. Netflix recruiters source talent, and then advise hiring managers, who make the ultimate decision. They discuss how you will fit into a specific team dynamic. Diversity, inclusion, and culture fit factor into these conversations as well.

❝Treat recruiters like human beings if you wish to be noticed.❞

Niema MajidimehrPathrise Recruiting Specialist @ Pathrise

Is Netflix Hiring in 2024?

In early 2024, Netflix laid off a small portion of staff, in addition to large scale layoffs in 2023. But despite the current hiring freeze, they're still recruiting for select roles in 2024. On LinkedIn, Netflix lists only about 377 open job postings every month. While not hiring many new roles, Netflix recruiters are still actively trying to fill these empty positions, especially seeking senior talent.

What are the Different Types of Recruiters at Apple?

In general, Netflix recruiters you may consider reaching out to include:

• Recruiters
• Hiring managers
• Leadership on the specific team you’re interested in joining
• Team members, though they get no bonus for referring you

Due to Netflix's "culture of recruiting", their recruiters and hiring managers work together closely. Recruiters don't only source talent, they also advise hiring managers, who have final say. They'll be collaborating throughout the process.

When do you meet with recruiters in the interview process?

For software engineers, the Netflix interview process has four rounds:

• Round 1: Phone screen with a recruiter
• Round 2: Technical phone screen
• Round 3: First on-site interview consisting of 5 separate interviews. Four of the interviews are technical, one is behavioral with HR. Usually, the technical interviews include some whiteboarding and coding challenges. Brain teaser questions may also be included.
• Round 4: Second on-site interview consisting of three interviews with a hiring manager, HR, and another engineering manager. This interview is more focused on behavioral questions.

The interview process for other roles is similar. Since the hiring process begins with a phone screen with a Netflix recruiter, connecting with a recruiter is usually the best way to start the hiring process. While team members may not be actively searching for talent like recruiters, they can still refer you for a role, increasing your odds of getting an interview. However, since Netflix employees do not get referral bonuses, they may be more reluctant to give referrals than employees at other companies.

Which Recruiter at Netflix Should you Contact?

Sending a cold email to a Netflix recruiter can triple your response rate, based on our fellow’s data. This is especially helpful when applying to big companies like Netflix which can get thousands of applicants per job posting.

You may be tempted to search for Netflix recruiters and hiring managers directly on LinkedIn–but your odds of landing a job at Netflix are best if you reach out to a recruiter who is searching for candidates like you. Recruiters are often seeking very specific talent for very specific roles.

You can start by searching for jobs at Netflix on LinkedIn. The job posting will often include the recruiter who made the post. If there is no recruiter associated with the post, try reaching out to someone on the team or in a leadership position related to that team. For example, if your target role is on the Data Science and Solutions team in Cupertino, reach out to current members of that team.

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How to Find Recruiter's Email Addresses from Netflix?

Once you’ve found a Netflix Recruiter that’s the best fit for your desired role (and applied to the job!), it’s time to reach out. Both email and LinkedIn messages work fine, but recruiters often limit who can contact them via LinkedIn. Your LinkedIn account likely limits how many private messages you can send as well. Cold email has no such restrictions. The Netflix recruiter probably receives far more cold messages via LinkedIn than email–a clear customized email can help you stand out. We’ve found that personalized emails to recruiters triple your response rate.

To find the Netflix recruiter's email from LinkedIn, you can use a Chrome extension like Career Connect. This tool finds the emails of recruiters connected to a job post you’re applying to, then generates an optimized outreach email using AI.

To use Career Connect, just find a job posting you're interested in, then click the extension–you should see several recruiters’ email addresses, as well as a highly personalized email based on the job posting and your resume, ready to be sent.

If Career Connect somehow fails to find any recruiters' emails, you can enter the email manually. The most common email format for Netflix employees is "first name initial""last name"@Netflix.com–For example, Jane Doe would have the email jdoe@Netflix.com. Other common email formats include first name.last initial@Netflix.com and first@Netflix.com. If you can’t find a recruiter’s email from an extension like Apollo, you can try manually entering their names into these 3 email formats, then bcc the email to all the potential addresses. An extension like NeverBounce can confirm which email is valid.

What are Netflix Recruiters Looking for in Terms of Company Culture?

During the interview process, Netflix puts an extremely strong emphasis on candidates displaying their core values. Letting recruiters know that you’re familiar and aligned with Netflix's values will dramatically improve your odds.

Cultural alignment is extremely important, far more so than at most other companies.

Netflix values:

• Encourage decision-making by employees
• Share information openly, broadly, and deliberately
• Communicate candidly and directly
• Keep only our highly effective people
• Avoid rules

Once you’re familiar with Netlifx's values, you can include a sentence or two about how you and your experiences might align with their values. Don’t force it–you’ll have time to demonstrate your culture fit in the interview. But if your experiences align with their values, you can show your recruiter that you did your research and could be a good fit for the culture. Our template includes a generic sentence on accessibility, but you can add another value that may fit you better.

To see interview questions and a more in-depth guide to the interview processes, in our How to get to a job at Netflix guide.

How to Write Cold Emails to Recruiters at Netflix and What to Say

Connecting with recruiters at Netflix is not as easy as sending a generic networking email–effective cold emails should be highly personalized to the company and recruiter. For example, recruiters at Netflix often look for candidates who align with their values of accessibility and inclusion.

If you are not sure what to say, don’t worry. You can use Career Connect to write the perfect email using AI. The tool generates outreach emails tailored to your resume and the job description, then sends them to recruiters. Each sentence of the email is optimized to stand out to recruiters and get you an interview.

If you prefer to manually write the email, we’ve also made you a template customized for recruiters at Netflix. For other companies, you can check out this guide with our cold email template to help you.

When you reach out in your cold emails, you need to hit the right points for your role. Use these tips to ensure you are catching their eye so they move you forward.

• If you’re trying to get a software engineering job at Netflix, make sure you research the programming languages that they use and highlight your expertise in each one.
• To become a UX designer at Netflix, make sure your portfolio showcases all of your skills throughout the entire design process.
• When reaching out to get a data science job at Netflix, make sure you mention relevant projects that match the goals of the company.
• If you are aiming to become a digital marketer at Netflix, make sure you quantify the results in your background statements because it is more impressive.
• To become a product manager at Netflix, make sure you research their products heavily and talk about how your background connects to their current work.
• If you’re reaching out to find a sales development representative (SDR) at Netflix, make sure you focus on how you approach your funnels differently and why you are the right fit for this specific team.

Netflix Cold Email Template

You can use our template to send strong cold emails along with your applications.

Hi [recruiter name],

[Personal greeting and intro]. [Include reason for reaching out].

[Insert interest in Netflix's product/values/mission and a follow up statement tying in your background, which ideally includes 3+ years of experience at a mid to senior level]. [insert any other relevant background information - tie it into the job description].

[Tie interest in company and background into a closing statement]. [End with an ask to connect or to move forward in the process].

Best, [Your name]

Here is the template filled out so you can get a sense of how to do it yourself:

Hi Jane Doe,

I recently applied for the Data Scientist role on LinkedIn–I noticed you’re a recruiter at Netflix seeking data talent. While I’m not sure if you are the right person to contact, I definitely have the experience and skills the team is seeking.

As an info science grad student, I’ve taken the time on the side to perfect my code to analyze data problems. I’ve worked on 10+ data projects focusing on data cleaning, visualization, and prediction models using machine learning, neural networks, and topic modeling.

My data cleaning as a Microsoft lead data scientist fixed 60+ of cross-set errors and helped the strategy team make a marketing pivot–I can see myself leveraging those experiences to scale the data mountain at Netflix and help entertain the world. Working cross-functionally taught me to visualize data clearly and concisely to communicate with less technical teams, which I think makes the perfect fit for Netflix's cultural value of "share information openly, broadly, and deliberately".

I’m sure you’re very busy, but I would appreciate the opportunity to hop on a quick call to learn more about the role and team. Would you be free for a 15-minute call on Monday after 10am or any day after Wednesday?

Best,John Doe

With recruiter email addresses and cold email templates at your disposal, you should be on your way to more application responses and interview requests.

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