I applied through a recruiter. The process took 8 weeks. I interviewed at Block in Jul 2020
Interview
The recruiter was rude and hard to reach during this entire process, I should have dropped out. It has now been weeks since my final interview and I still have heard nothing from Square. I spent hours of my time getting through this process and the recruiter did not even have the courtesy to provide feedback. Even a generic "we went another way" rejection would be better than leaving me hanging. Very disappointing.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you had to close a challenging deal.
Inital take home, followed by extension interview, followed by a coding challenge, followed by system design interview.
The whole process took 3 months!
The interviewers are usually really nice and want you to do your best.
The interviewer was nice, and he is friendly and willing to give hint, the question has 2 follow-ups, it was hard to complete in time. The question was not a typical LeetCode
Phone screen and then a full day of interviews. 3 pair programming challenges, a system design review and a prior experience interview. There was also an onsite lunch with a person from the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
To design a hotel booking system. Pick any part (backend, frontend, database, api etc) and deepdive into that, explaining the decisions along the way.