BlackRock

Associate Frontend Engineer Interview Experience

June 25, 2021

Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Phone Screen with Recruiter

Phone Interview with Team Lead

45-minute technical interview with two team members and one senior manager

Video Interview with another team lead

Technical interview data structures and algorithms were easy-medium. Questions on threading, deadlocks, etc.

Ghosted after the last interview.

Questions

Threading, deadlocks, data structures/algorithms

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the BlackRock Associate Frontend Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

BlackRock's interview process for their Associate Frontend Engineer roles in the United States is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

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Neutral100%

Negative0%

Candidates reported having mixed feelings for BlackRock's Associate Frontend Engineer interview process in United States.

BlackRock Work Experiences

Good Place to Work

Vice President Engineering • Current Employee

Pros: 1. Work-life balance 2. Good employee policies 3. Employees are allowed to pursue the areas they want to explore and work.

Cons: 1. Getting good tech work is challenging in few locations geographically. 2. Older tech stacks and less focus on open source.

Good Place to Work

Vice President Engineering • Current Employee

Pros: 1. Work-life balance 2. Good employee policies 3. Employees are allowed to pursue the areas they want to explore and work.

Cons: 1. Getting good tech work is challenging in few locations geographically. 2. Older tech stacks and less focus on open source.

Depends on what team you work with

Software Development Engineer (SDE) • Current Employee

Pros: Great learning and leadership opportunities, but as mentioned above, it totally depends on the team you are in.

Cons: No work-life balance; this is also team-specific. Turns out I learned a lot and worked a lot at BlackRock.

Depends on what team you work with

Software Development Engineer (SDE) • Current Employee

Pros: Great learning and leadership opportunities, but as mentioned above, it totally depends on the team you are in.

Cons: No work-life balance; this is also team-specific. Turns out I learned a lot and worked a lot at BlackRock.

Good Culture, Unclear Goals

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Budapest, Hungary

September 8, 2022

Pros: - Great culture - Super inclusive work environment - Good compensation

Cons: - Sometimes unclear goals - Many unreasonable, outdated processes to follow

Good Culture, Unclear Goals

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Budapest, Hungary

September 8, 2022

Pros: - Great culture - Super inclusive work environment - Good compensation

Cons: - Sometimes unclear goals - Many unreasonable, outdated processes to follow

Good Place to Work

Vice President Engineering • Current Employee

Pros: 1. Work-life balance 2. Good employee policies 3. Employees are allowed to pursue the areas they want to explore and work.

Cons: 1. Getting good tech work is challenging in few locations geographically. 2. Older tech stacks and less focus on open source.

4.0
Good Place to Work
Vice President Engineering • Current Employee
July 31, 2022
Pros: 1. Work-life balance 2. Good employee policies 3. Employees are allowed to pursue the areas they want to explore and work.
Cons: 1. Getting good tech work is challenging in few locations geographically. 2. Older tech stacks and less focus on open source.

Depends on what team you work with

Software Development Engineer (SDE) • Current Employee

Pros: Great learning and leadership opportunities, but as mentioned above, it totally depends on the team you are in.

Cons: No work-life balance; this is also team-specific. Turns out I learned a lot and worked a lot at BlackRock.

4.0
Depends on what team you work with
Software Development Engineer (SDE) • Current Employee
April 18, 2022
Pros: Great learning and leadership opportunities, but as mentioned above, it totally depends on the team you are in.
Cons: No work-life balance; this is also team-specific. Turns out I learned a lot and worked a lot at BlackRock.

Good Culture, Unclear Goals

Software Engineer • Current Employee

Budapest, Hungary

September 8, 2022

Pros: - Great culture - Super inclusive work environment - Good compensation

Cons: - Sometimes unclear goals - Many unreasonable, outdated processes to follow

4.0
Good Culture, Unclear Goals
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Budapest, Hungary
September 8, 2022
Pros: - Great culture - Super inclusive work environment - Good compensation
Cons: - Sometimes unclear goals - Many unreasonable, outdated processes to follow

BlackRock Interview Questions

Happy Number

Determine if a number is a 'happy number'. A happy number eventually reaches 1 when replaced by the sum of the squares of its digits, repeating the process until it does.

ArraysRecursionTwo Pointers

Find the Maximum Sum of Node Values

Given a tree, find the maximum possible sum of node values you can obtain by selecting nodes such that no two selected nodes are directly connected by an edge.

TreesGraphsBit ManipulationGreedy Algorithms

Maximum Subtree of the Same Color

Given a tree where each node has a color, find the largest subtree where all nodes have the same color. Return the number of nodes in that subtree.

TreesRecursionDynamic Programming

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