Blackrock has brought some large business deals, and opportunities have been created for people to move up the chain. This is still a great place to be if you are interested in finance and learning more about it. It's also good for project management roles.
FutureAdvisor never made the transition from a dozen-person startup to a scalable enterprise software company. Its tech stack is still mostly outdated and hard to maintain.
Product and technology are in a state of constant flux, and the company is losing a lot of people. This is mostly due to the company changing direction very frequently and never settling down into any sort of rhythm. Employees are clearly feeling burned out, and management turns a blind eye to the situation.
A lot of benefits will be gone in a few months and will cause another round of exits and reorgs.
I know that you are between a rock and a hard place. A lot of decisions you make are due to pressure from above and client demands. I wish you luck.
For some reason, they gave four technicals when they were supposed to give two technicals and two behaviorals. I was kinda confused by that, but the LeetCode wasn't hard. The stats questions threw me off.
Online assessments followed by interviews. Only the last interview round was about me as a person; the rest was only coding interviews. It was friendly but long, with lengthy breaks in between rounds.
Very straightforward: an OA and Hirevue, then a final round "Superday" consisting of a mix of behavioral and technical interviews with both engineers and the manager. The technicals are focused entirely on DSA concepts.
For some reason, they gave four technicals when they were supposed to give two technicals and two behaviorals. I was kinda confused by that, but the LeetCode wasn't hard. The stats questions threw me off.
Online assessments followed by interviews. Only the last interview round was about me as a person; the rest was only coding interviews. It was friendly but long, with lengthy breaks in between rounds.
Very straightforward: an OA and Hirevue, then a final round "Superday" consisting of a mix of behavioral and technical interviews with both engineers and the manager. The technicals are focused entirely on DSA concepts.