That's so terrible. The "overall market" range for "roles in this area" are "typically" anywhere within an entire order of magnitude. I haven't seen anything vaguer in my entire time on this earth.
How so? My understanding is that Netflix offers a wide range of compensation based on individual performance. If they didn't disclose this, they'd be violating the law.
I think it's more like they don't know how much you're worth, so they'll give you a chance to prove yourself. Depending on how you do, you may end up at the high end, the low end, or anywhere in between.
There's only so much signal you can get from an interview or from reading someone's resume, and that signal is often obscured by the interviewers' biases. It seems to me that this way of doing things can lead to more equitable outcomes (which is the stated goal of publishing salary ranges) as it lets you evaluate and compensate people based on performance in their actual job.
It's not clear they're looking for someone specific. When I applied for Google, I was first accepted, got the job, and then had to find an internal team that wanted me. I even decided which country I want to work in after I got accepted.
