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Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

April 1, 2012
Neutral ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The interview process involved a phone screen, then a day of 1:1 skills tests with 5 different people.

Skills tests were a mixture of whiteboards and pair programming.

Pair programming tests had a fair level of difficulty. Nothing too hard, but under pressure (and not being used to the process) I found it hard to think, relax, and code effectively.

Questions

Implement a queue from scratch in a language of your choice (obviously, you can't use a built-in one).

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 59 interview experiences for the Block Software Engineer role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

25%
Pass Rate

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

Experience Rating

Positive56%
Neutral20%
Negative24%

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

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