Software Engineer Interview Experience - Dublin, Ireland
Process
Round 1: 1 hour pair programming
Round 2: Pair programming
Final Round: 1 hour interview with Hiring Manager 1 hour pair programming 1 hour pair programming 1 hour interview about past tech experience
After 6 hours of interviews, Block failed to ever get back to me. I had a competing offer from Amazon, which I informed them about, but they still never informed me of the outcome of my interviews.
This sort of experience and mistreatment of candidates says a lot about the company.
Questions
Algorithmic and Object-Oriented style coding questions
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 1 interview experience for the Block Software Engineer role in Dublin, Ireland.
Success Rate
Block's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Dublin, Ireland is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.
Experience Rating
Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Block's Software Engineer interview process in Dublin, Ireland.
Block Work Experiences
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