Post on 29-Jan-2018
Netflix and Fill
LAURA PRUITT, ENGINEERING MANAGERSYDNEY BUSCH, RECRUITER
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Netflix Culture: Freedom & Responsibility
Define a successful hire.
● Min. 5 years experience● Building data pipelines - at scale● Hadoop● Scala/Spark● Autonomous thought leader● Comfortable with ambiguity● Ability to push back and influence business
partners
We needed to recruit differently.
Our partnership had to look different.
Service
Partnership
Throw away traditional SLA’s
“Service” shouldn’t be the focus
Give feedback
And lots of it, coming from all
directions
Aspects of our Partnership
Always be transparent
With each other & with candidates
Don’t stop experimenting
A stale recruiting process is your
enemy
Making it happen.
1. Build strategies. Don’t stop at one.
Sourcing Strategy● Tools: Linkedin, Crunchbase, Github, Stackoverflow, Twitter, Blog posts, Meetups, Internal
Events, etc.● Divide and conquer - how do we optimize our strengths?
Referral Strategy● Don’t wait for referrals to come to you, seek them out● Socialize and expand your network (internally and externally)
Networking Strategy● Build for the short- and the long-term● Get specific
2. Use the data to guide, not dictate.
Metrics Success● Response rate● Conversion through each stage - is there a reason candidates aren’t working
out?● Pipeline Speed & Volume
3. Branding will pay off in the long run.
Takeaways● Partnership is key - focus on small changes
● Get creative on your strategies, don’t limit it to one
● Let momentum be your friend (short and long term
strategies)
Thank you.