Summer Intern 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 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Summer Intern roles take an average of 53 days to get hired, when considering 27 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 Summer Intern according to 27 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
Skills test: 17%
Personality test: 14%
One on one interview: 14%
Background check: 11%
Other: 6%
Group panel interview: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 3%
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I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at BlackRock (London, England) in Dec 2021
Interview
I came in through the spring week and we were told that our summer conversion interviews would be in August-September of that year. Radio silence until November. Finally interviewed in early December.
Consisted of 3 back to back 30 min interviews.
All three were with systematic teams (I didn't get a choice in this, I suppose they saw I do engineering and that was good enough for them. One of the three was not even in the asset class I had applied for).
Interviews were entirely technical. No commercial awareness or cultural fit questions. Everyone else's conversion interviews were closer to the standard mix of motivation, competency, technical and commercial awareness (as they interviewed with discretionary teams instead).
Interview was early December and never heard back until I emailed for an update in late January (rejection then came within hours).
Interview questions [6]
Question 1
Q: what sort of role do you see yourself in 5 years (only non-tech q asked)
Why blackrock
Why the division/ role you have applied for
Tell me how your preparing for a career in the financial services
Tell me about a recent news story you have been following
Wasn't too bad, mostly behavioural and standard interview questions for the hirevue. They gave loads of time to prepare which is a massive plus in my eyes. Definitely caters to all majors well.
Hirevue, asked 4 questions with unlimited prep time, all behavioral even for a somewhat technical role (Quant Analysis & Investment Risk). The unlimited preparation time was super helpful. Would recommend touching up on all behavioral questions.