I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at BlackRock (New York, NY) in Feb 2015
Interview
Took less than a week total. Applied on their career site. Had a phone interview with an associate for first round, then called in for SuperDay after the phone call.
Associate Phone interview questions:
walk me through your resume
what do you know about Aladdin?
What is one news/event that you read about today that was interesting to you?
How do you keep yourself updated with the financial services industry?
What do you know about fixed income?
How do you price a bond?
What is the discount rate?
Is the discount rate the same as the 10-year treasury yield?
What do you know about duration?
SuperDay:
- 4 one-on-one interviews with VP's and directors + 1 group activity (case study+presentation)
What is your understanding of Aladdin?
What is one news/event that you read recently that was interesting to you?
Why did you choose your major? Why BlackRock?
How does BlackRock fit into the asset management industry and the financial services industry?
What is Duration and Convexity in a risk management framework?
What is an option?
What are some option strategies?
Was notified with offer a week after.
Took about a month and a half with three rounds of interviews. Plenty of questions in all rounds about you as a person, previous experiences, why you want the job, and why you would be a good fit as well as the usual questions on how you respond in certain situations (failure, conflict in the workplace, etc.). The last round was also asked to create and give a presentation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you explain a database to a five year old?
Virutal Cover Letter with two questions, only ninety seconds to speak, and two minutes to prep, can have camera on or off, is pretty simple to complete and doesnt take long
I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at BlackRock (New York, NY) in Oct 2021
Interview
applied online. Then went through virtual hireview, followed by 1st and final round interviews. Easy Interviews, mostly behavioral. It was the accelerator program which was a class of many students interviewing over a week.