I have had two positive interactions with Netflix as an engineering candidate. Both interview loops ended with positive feedback from the HM, but both were a no hire. Since then, I have had a handful of HMs viewing my LinkedIn profile. Does Netflix put rejected candidates on a “watch list”, or is this post-selection bias? (no pun intended) tc: $170 yoe: 7
I don't think there's a watchlist. Every org is different; so maybe someone does have one. But extremely doubtful. Might be that you're popping up on LinkedIn because of interactions with Netflix employee profiles.
Some teams have watch/wish lists, and if you weren't hired but the interview went well, they're probably just waiting for their HR partner to get fired so they can justify it.
Depends on the Org. Most nice managers try to find another potential fit within their own org or a partner org