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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

June 1, 2016
Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

One-on-one interview, lasting 45 minutes.

The interview panel was friendly.

Key topics covered: Know your Java, algorithms, and data structures.

What happens when you type a website name and hit Enter.

Difference between an application server and a web server.

Whiteboard: Reverse a linked list.

Singleton Java code.

Difference between an abstract class and an interface.

Questions

Whiteboard: Merge two unsorted arrays.

You have a stream of integers randomly coming from some source. Find the top N elements and return them as an array.

Some multithreading questions.

Some questions on maps and lists.

Synchronized blocks and methods.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 9 interview experiences for the BlackRock Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

22%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive67%
Neutral11%
Negative22%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for BlackRock's Software Engineer interview process in San Francisco, California.

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