Associate applicants have rated the interview process at BlackRock with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 63% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Associate roles take an average of 28 days to get hired, when considering 58 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at BlackRock overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at BlackRock as a Associate according to 58 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Phone interview: 20%
Drug test: 12%
Background check: 10%
Skills test: 9%
Group panel interview: 8%
Presentation: 6%
Personality test: 4%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Other: 2%
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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at BlackRock (Edinburgh, Scotland) in Aug 2017
Interview
1st Interview - very informal , VP lead the chat through resume and asked some competency based questions. Analyst took notes - both very pleasant.
2 weeks later - HR offered me a different job - I said I would rather wait to hear back from the 1st.
The following day I was invited to 2nd interview with Director and VP. They told me it would last 30 minutes, it lasted 20. Very informal , chatted over CV - said I would hear in couple days.
I chased recruiter on a weekly basis for an update and they gave ever excuse you could think of. 3 weeks later I got the response that they went with someone else. They blamed the delay on holiday season.
smooth but ai was taking means automatically the pre recorded interview was going on she was asking questions and limites time was gioving like a timer and i had to record the answer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
tell me about yourself and background as it was very initial
First interview with direct reporting manager, followed by BD and portfolio managers. total 5-6 rounds. 30mins each.
The entire process is quite long, ie after each interview it took around a week for HR to come back and schedule another.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mostly related to the past experience, what did I do, how do I like it etc
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at BlackRock (Luxembourg) in Apr 2026
Interview
Interview process went pretty fast
- email from HR to confirm salary expectations, desire to leave current employer
- 1st interview with hiring manager of 30 min
- 2nd and 3rd interview with Directors of 30min each
- 4th additional interview with another Director of 45min
Always in contact with HR and organisation of meeting was easy and pretty straightforward. Interviews themselves were also pretty chill and normal interview questions.