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      Risk and Quantitative Analyst, Summer Interview

      Oct 7, 2015
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      New York, NY
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at BlackRock (New York, NY) in Jan 2015

      Interview

      On campus recruiting: first round interview on campus. They firstly asked me to go through my resume and detailed one particular research experience. Then came with the questions such as why risk? Why blackrock? If you have 1 million dollar, how will you manage it? No technical questions. But the most tricky part is that they quoted one line from Warren Buffett and asked me if I agree with it or not:“(Gold) gets dug out of the ground in Africa, or someplace. Then we melt it down, dig another hole, bury it again and pay people to stand around guarding it. It has no utility. Anyone watching from Mars would be scratching their head.” I never heard it before and understood it in a wrong way. Maybe because I'm a Chinese so I didn't get the sense why "anyone watching from mars want to scratch their head". Now I know it was just a humorous way to say the non utility of gold. Anyway, I didn't prepare well and got declined after the first round interview.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why risk? Why blackrock? If you have 1 million dollar, how will you manage it? Value of Gold.
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      Risk and Quantitative Summer Analyst Interview

      Sep 25, 2019
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Easy interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at BlackRock

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      Applied online through BlackRock's website, completed HireVue with two questions, moved on to first-round interview (30 min virtual interview, all behavioral). A few weeks later I was invited to interview in New York. Completed 4 back-to-back interviews, mostly behavioral, one or two technical questions related to computer science (my major). Received phone call saying I'd gotten the offer less than a week later.

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      Risk and Quantitative Analyst Summer Interview

      Oct 2, 2015
      Anonymous Interview Candidate
      Los Angeles, CA
      No offer
      Neutral experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied through college or university. I interviewed at BlackRock (Los Angeles, CA) in Nov 2014

      Interview

      I was Interviewed on campus. The interviewer asked me to introduce myself, talk about some work experience that relate to the position and ask several questions about the multiple regression model. What are the independent and dependent factors in the model that you built. They also asked me some math questions.

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