I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at BlackRock (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2021
Interview
A virtual coding challenge was to be completed within 4 days of the application. It was a 60 minute test with the options to do it in C++/Python/Java. I reached the Final Interview Rounds directly after the virtual coding challenge.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Q: A question requiring Bellman Ford algorithm. After writing the code, they asked me to do a dry run on a sample input.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at BlackRock (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2025
Interview
Estuvo sencillo, era contestar 2 problemas de codigo, y explicar mi solucion y como llegue a ella siempre con la camara encendida, te daban tiempo y manera de probar antes la interfaz a usar para que te familiarizaras con ella
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at BlackRock (Patiala) in Aug 2025
Interview
Interview was very easy. One DSA question. One SQL and questions from resume were asked. The interviewer didnt seem interactive, was busy doing his own job. Was just doing his duty/formality
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One DSA question. One SQL and questions from resume were asked.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at BlackRock (Mumbai) in Aug 2024
Interview
It came on campus for interviews. Firstly we had a 24 hour long hackathon where the first team was allowed for direct access to interviews. Others had to go through a online assessment on Elitmus. After that had a tech round and an hr round. Some candidates did go through a couple of tech rounds depending on reviews of interviewer
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Mainly based on my internship experience and building follow up questions on the same. Two leetcode questions easy-medium based on arrays and greedy algorithm.
SWE Intern applicants have rated the interview process at BlackRock with 3.3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 38% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for SWE Intern roles take an average of 26 days to get hired, when considering 8 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 SWE Intern according to 8 Glassdoor interviews include:
Skills test: 33%
Presentation: 17%
Other: 17%
Phone interview: 17%
One on one interview: 17%
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