I applied for a position at BlackRock in early October. A month later, I received an email from the recruiter inviting me to the first interview with the hiring manager, which went well.

Another month later, the recruiter contacted me for two back-to-back interviews: one focused on Java and distributed systems, and the other a coding round. Both of these interviews went smoothly.

A week after completing those, I was invited to a final interview with the director, which also went well. However, it has now been a month since that final interview, and I haven’t received any updates. I followed up with the recruiter two weeks after the interview but never got a response.

While I understand I may not have been selected, it would have been professional and considerate for a company like BlackRock to communicate a decision or at least provide a status update. Going through multiple rounds of interviews takes significant time and effort, and being left in the dark afterward feels disappointing and unprofessional. Even a brief email saying the process is still ongoing would have made a difference.

This experience has negatively impacted my perception of BlackRock. I had high expectations for the company’s culture, but this lack of communication doesn’t align with those expectations. I hope BlackRock reflects on the candidate experience and ensures better communication, respecting the time and effort of those who engage in its hiring process.

The questions were really easy. A candidate with good experience in problem-solving and distributed systems can easily do well on the interviews.