How do I talk about my Netflix clone in an interview?
Explain what it is in one sentence, talk about your specific contributions, discuss your technical decisions, describe a hard problem you solved, name what you would improve, and be ready to explain any part of the code.
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Be specific about what you built, not just what a tutorial or team did. Interviewers want to hear what you did and what you learned from doing it, so they know you actually built it and understand it.
Because it shows engineering judgment. Explaining why you chose Firebase for auth, TMDB for data, and Redux or Context for state shows you made deliberate choices rather than copying a tutorial blindly.
Yes. Describe a specific challenge like handling GPT search debounce or the auth state flow, and how you solved it. Specifics show real experience and problem-solving ability, which interviewers value.
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