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Software Engineer Interview Experience - New York, New York

February 1, 2017
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The process took over two months. Initially, I was contacted by the recruiter with a HackerRank challenge, followed by a phone interview a week later, and then four technical onsite interviews. It took over four weeks to receive the final decision.

Questions

HackerRank Coding Challenge

  • 2 simple JavaScript
  • 5 SQL
  • 1 Java
  • Submit link of project or GitHub

Phone Interview

  • Introduction
  • Resume, projects, courses
  • Be a student of the market – pay close attention to the financial markets and how different events affect the industry.

Onsite Interview

  • About resume and other behavioral questions
  • Swap integers without extra space
  • Merge 2 sorted arrays
  • Hashmap
  • Reverse a string
  • Elevator design

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 48 interview experiences for the BlackRock Software Engineer role in New York, New York.

Success Rate

17%
Pass Rate

BlackRock's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in New York, New York is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%
Neutral38%
Negative13%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for BlackRock's Software Engineer interview process in New York, New York.

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