I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at BlackRock (Gurgaon, Haryana)
Interview
Telephonic Round -
a. What sort of projects I had worked on? My roles and responsibilities in those projects. Interviewer probed in detail on what I had done in my very first project.
b. Basic Java.
c. One question on how I would implement my own hashcode() method. The question made no sense and I politely declined.
d. Patterns
e. Basic Spring.
Written test -
1. Draw a pattern of stars.
2. Some SQL writing that needed some basic joins
3. One more easy Java program, I can't recollect.
F2F Technical -
All basic Java, Spring, etc. Detailed probing on my current project.
Another F2F technical (interviewer in NYC)- This round covered basic Java, and other technical bits from my resume. All very easy.
Written test -
Design a program to select employees from a database based on various attributes. Enable some caching mechanism.
F2F techincal with a panel - Same as above.
Managerial - Whats my current project about? Roles and responsiblites, etc.
HR discussion - Was briefed on how their compensation is structured. Was asked - why am I eager to join BlackRock?
Was offered more than what I asked for.
Interview process involves 3 recorded video interviews. When submitting an application, you have the opportunity to apply to 2 roles. If one of these roles is located in a foreign country, then the first recorded interview would need to be in that country's primary language.
I applied online. I interviewed at BlackRock (Londres, Inglaterra) in Nov 2022
Interview
After completing the online test, I was asked to take a pre-recorded interview. In the pre-recorded interview, they had two questions which were quite straightforward. For each question, you have 2 minutes to think and 1.5 minutes to answer. I applied for the programme analyst in two different sectors had thus had two pre-recorded interviews. However, both asked the same questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
>Why BlackRock? >Tell me something about you that we can't see from your resume.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at BlackRock
Interview
The interview process was quick, it took 2 weeks for the entire process.
People seemed to be nice and easy to talk with during an interview. All questions were general questions, company culture, why BlackRock etc.