

You adapt your communication style so you can work effectively with different people, including those who don’t share your native language or cultural norms.Your writing and thinking are concise and coherent.You listen well and seek to understand before responding.You give and take feedback to and from colleagues at any level.You are willing to be vulnerable, in search of truth and connection.You question colleagues’ actions inconsistent with these behaviors.You take informed risks and are open to possible failure.You make tough decisions without agonizing or long delay.You debate ideas openly, and help implement whatever decision is made even when you disagree.You make time to help colleagues across Netflix succeed.You are humble and open-minded about others’ great ideas.You seek what is best for Netflix, not yourself or your team.You make decisions mostly based on their long term, rather than near term, impact.You look beyond symptoms to identify systemic issues.You use data to inform your intuition and choices.

You make wise decisions despite ambiguity.If these values describe you, and the people you want to work with, you’re likely to thrive at Netflix. Below are the specific behaviors and skills we care about most. We believe a company’s actual values are shown by whom they hire, reward or let go. But with our people-first approach, we can be more flexible, creative and successful in everything we do. Of course, any growing business requires some process and structure. That’s why our core philosophy is people over process, and why we try to bring great people together as a dream team. The thing we most value is working with talented people in highly creative and productive ways.

