I applied online. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Block in Sep 2024
Interview
I applied directly through their job boards website, and got an email back from a recruiter there. Was given more information about the job and scheduled a technical screen with an engineer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was given a HTML/CSS/JS file and asked to create an animation using vanilla JS. I was okay to touch and add to the HTML/CSS files directly as well. Was also given full scope to google up documents and information. Screen share was requested, since they do not allow ChatGPT during the technical screen.
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.