BlackRock

Software Engineer (Internship) Interview Experience

March 10, 2022

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview process involved multiple rounds. The final round was particularly long, and after that, there was no response regarding a decision. After sending multiple emails, they finally responded, stating that the job was no longer active. It would have been more helpful if they had communicated this after the interview process concluded.

Questions

Behaviour, technical, live coding with multiple members.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 26 interview experiences for the BlackRock Software Engineer (Internship) role in United States.

Success Rate

27%

Pass Rate

BlackRock's interview process for their Software Engineer (Internship) roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive50%

Neutral31%

Negative19%

Candidates reported having very good feelings for BlackRock's Software Engineer (Internship) interview process in United States.

BlackRock Work Experiences

A decent place to kick off your career

Software Developer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Relatively laid-back atmosphere, good people, flexible FTO and WFH, well-resourced. Good devs really stand out. Good learning environment, offers horizontal mobility.

Cons: Work can feel cookie-cutter at times, as many of the projects make use of the same stack. Certain technical processes can be very bureaucratic (releasing to production). Pay could be better. The technical side of the company is often overshadowed by the prestige of the financial side, so developers may feel like second-class citizens at times.

A decent place to kick off your career

Software Developer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Relatively laid-back atmosphere, good people, flexible FTO and WFH, well-resourced. Good devs really stand out. Good learning environment, offers horizontal mobility.

Cons: Work can feel cookie-cutter at times, as many of the projects make use of the same stack. Certain technical processes can be very bureaucratic (releasing to production). Pay could be better. The technical side of the company is often overshadowed by the prestige of the financial side, so developers may feel like second-class citizens at times.

Dissatisfied with company politics and no growth

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Cannot think of any opportunities for growth, though the work-life balance is okay.

Cons: The company does not value its employees. There is subtle discrimination among employees. No transparency from the upper management. Promotions are all politically driven.

Dissatisfied with company politics and no growth

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Cannot think of any opportunities for growth, though the work-life balance is okay.

Cons: The company does not value its employees. There is subtle discrimination among employees. No transparency from the upper management. Promotions are all politically driven.

Good Culture, Bad Politics

Test Analyst • Current Employee

Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Pros: - Work culture - Cabs and meals are good - Technology enthusiasts - Global exposure

Cons: - Politics are very dominant. - High nepotism results in high attrition of hard-working, sincere employees. - Indian management is really high on favoritism and not hard work-driven.

Good Culture, Bad Politics

Test Analyst • Current Employee

Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Pros: - Work culture - Cabs and meals are good - Technology enthusiasts - Global exposure

Cons: - Politics are very dominant. - High nepotism results in high attrition of hard-working, sincere employees. - Indian management is really high on favoritism and not hard work-driven.

A decent place to kick off your career

Software Developer • Current Employee

New York, New York, United States

Pros: Relatively laid-back atmosphere, good people, flexible FTO and WFH, well-resourced. Good devs really stand out. Good learning environment, offers horizontal mobility.

Cons: Work can feel cookie-cutter at times, as many of the projects make use of the same stack. Certain technical processes can be very bureaucratic (releasing to production). Pay could be better. The technical side of the company is often overshadowed by the prestige of the financial side, so developers may feel like second-class citizens at times.

3.0
A decent place to kick off your career
Software Developer • Current Employee
New York, New York, United States
March 10, 2020
Pros: Relatively laid-back atmosphere, good people, flexible FTO and WFH, well-resourced. Good devs really stand out. Good learning environment, offers horizontal mobility.
Cons: Work can feel cookie-cutter at times, as many of the projects make use of the same stack. Certain technical processes can be very bureaucratic (releasing to production). Pay could be better. The technical side of the company is often overshadowed by the prestige of the financial side, so developers may feel like second-class citizens at times.

Dissatisfied with company politics and no growth

Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: Cannot think of any opportunities for growth, though the work-life balance is okay.

Cons: The company does not value its employees. There is subtle discrimination among employees. No transparency from the upper management. Promotions are all politically driven.

2.0
Dissatisfied with company politics and no growth
Senior Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
May 11, 2014
Pros: Cannot think of any opportunities for growth, though the work-life balance is okay.
Cons: The company does not value its employees. There is subtle discrimination among employees. No transparency from the upper management. Promotions are all politically driven.

Good Culture, Bad Politics

Test Analyst • Current Employee

Gurgaon, Haryana, India

Pros: - Work culture - Cabs and meals are good - Technology enthusiasts - Global exposure

Cons: - Politics are very dominant. - High nepotism results in high attrition of hard-working, sincere employees. - Indian management is really high on favoritism and not hard work-driven.

3.0
Good Culture, Bad Politics
Test Analyst • Current Employee
Gurgaon, Haryana, India
May 26, 2018
Pros: - Work culture - Cabs and meals are good - Technology enthusiasts - Global exposure
Cons: - Politics are very dominant. - High nepotism results in high attrition of hard-working, sincere employees. - Indian management is really high on favoritism and not hard work-driven.

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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