I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at BlackBerry (Waterloo, ON) in Apr 2015
Interview
Simple phone call with a team of engineers that all worked on the Big Data team. All asked questions on various aspects of software development from Java to Hadoop etc. Very nice bunch of guys and they were very very knowledgeable in their fields.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Describe the projects you worked on and what you learned when working on them.
I applied online. I interviewed at BlackBerry in Jan 2026
Interview
The interview was more difficult than expected for a co-op role. Questions spanned multiple unrelated domains, with sudden shifts between topics such as embedded systems and web development. This approach felt somewhat unstructured and made it harder to understand what the team was actually prioritizing in candidates. Requirements to the questions were unclear.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Prepare to answer everything you know about SWE in an hour long interview. Expect to asked about 20 technical questions plus a tricky leetcode medium question.
Submitted resume online through blackberry careers page and Hr contacted me after 15-20 days to schedule interview. Interview was online via microsoft teams for 1 hr. There were 3 panelist.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
IF you have previous experience then questions will be on those projects
I applied online. I interviewed at BlackBerry in Jul 2020
Interview
Technical and behavioural containing questions relevant to my projects and experience and logical algorithmic questions. Brush up on all the skills mentioned in your resume and go over past projects, practice coding questions and build stories for how you achieved something in your school/ precious work term or club. Interviewers are super nice! All the best!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Difference between static libraries and shared objects and how to use them to build effective and memory efficient library
Software Developer Co-Op applicants have rated the interview process at BlackBerry with 2.6 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 78% positive. To compare, the company-average is 66.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer Co-Op roles take an average of 9 days to get hired, when considering 11 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at BlackBerry overall takes an average of 22 days.
Common stages of the interview process at BlackBerry as a Software Developer Co-Op according to 11 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 57%
Group panel interview: 14%
Personality test: 14%
Skills test: 7%
One on one interview: 7%
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