Block

Software Engineer Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

June 1, 2018

Positive ExperienceNo Offer

Process

Phone interview: a great experience with peer-to-peer coding.

Was not hired due to a lack of required experience.

The overall onsite interview was nice. People were friendly and helpful.

Questions

List all the file paths from a given file.

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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.

Block Work Experiences

Inspiring Purpose, Humble Coworkers

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: The number one thing I love about working at Square is that our company's purpose, economic empowerment, is so front and center. Especially now, during the COVID-19 pandemic, watching the company rally together and find ways to help small businesses is really inspiring. Other pros: * Great work-life balance * Great medical coverage * Beautiful Oakland office * Generally humble and amazing coworkers * Humanity-first culture.

Cons: No dinner. COVID-19 is hurting our customers. Political echo chamber.

Inspiring Purpose, Humble Coworkers

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: The number one thing I love about working at Square is that our company's purpose, economic empowerment, is so front and center. Especially now, during the COVID-19 pandemic, watching the company rally together and find ways to help small businesses is really inspiring. Other pros: * Great work-life balance * Great medical coverage * Beautiful Oakland office * Generally humble and amazing coworkers * Humanity-first culture.

Cons: No dinner. COVID-19 is hurting our customers. Political echo chamber.

Good first job

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: My coworkers are great. I really enjoy working with my team, and we get along very well. Both my manager and his manager were previous engineering leads who worked up to senior positions, which I really like.

Cons: Documentation is not the best, and there's a lot of "tribal knowledge." Some growing pains are due to recent expansions. For example, a lot of tools that worked while we were smaller aren't working so well now (though this is a work in progress to build new ones).

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: My coworkers are great. I really enjoy working with my team, and we get along very well. Both my manager and his manager were previous engineering leads who worked up to senior positions, which I really like.

Cons: Documentation is not the best, and there's a lot of "tribal knowledge." Some growing pains are due to recent expansions. For example, a lot of tools that worked while we were smaller aren't working so well now (though this is a work in progress to build new ones).

Great place to work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: - Company forecast is promising. - Colleagues you can learn from. - Amazing atmosphere and workspace. - Nice perks.

Cons: - Lots of team shifting and unrest as the company grows. - No shuttles or parking compensation.

Great place to work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: - Company forecast is promising. - Colleagues you can learn from. - Amazing atmosphere and workspace. - Nice perks.

Cons: - Lots of team shifting and unrest as the company grows. - No shuttles or parking compensation.

Inspiring Purpose, Humble Coworkers

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: The number one thing I love about working at Square is that our company's purpose, economic empowerment, is so front and center. Especially now, during the COVID-19 pandemic, watching the company rally together and find ways to help small businesses is really inspiring. Other pros: * Great work-life balance * Great medical coverage * Beautiful Oakland office * Generally humble and amazing coworkers * Humanity-first culture.

Cons: No dinner. COVID-19 is hurting our customers. Political echo chamber.

5.0
Inspiring Purpose, Humble Coworkers
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
April 16, 2020
Pros: The number one thing I love about working at Square is that our company's purpose, economic empowerment, is so front and center. Especially now, during the COVID-19 pandemic, watching the company rally together and find ways to help small businesses is really inspiring. Other pros: * Great work-life balance * Great medical coverage * Beautiful Oakland office * Generally humble and amazing coworkers * Humanity-first culture.
Cons: No dinner. COVID-19 is hurting our customers. Political echo chamber.

Good first job

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: My coworkers are great. I really enjoy working with my team, and we get along very well. Both my manager and his manager were previous engineering leads who worked up to senior positions, which I really like.

Cons: Documentation is not the best, and there's a lot of "tribal knowledge." Some growing pains are due to recent expansions. For example, a lot of tools that worked while we were smaller aren't working so well now (though this is a work in progress to build new ones).

4.0
Good first job
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
August 8, 2016
Pros: My coworkers are great. I really enjoy working with my team, and we get along very well. Both my manager and his manager were previous engineering leads who worked up to senior positions, which I really like.
Cons: Documentation is not the best, and there's a lot of "tribal knowledge." Some growing pains are due to recent expansions. For example, a lot of tools that worked while we were smaller aren't working so well now (though this is a work in progress to build new ones).

Great place to work

Software Engineer • Current Employee

San Francisco, California, United States

Pros: - Company forecast is promising. - Colleagues you can learn from. - Amazing atmosphere and workspace. - Nice perks.

Cons: - Lots of team shifting and unrest as the company grows. - No shuttles or parking compensation.

4.0
Great place to work
Software Engineer • Current Employee
San Francisco, California, United States
August 3, 2016
Pros: - Company forecast is promising. - Colleagues you can learn from. - Amazing atmosphere and workspace. - Nice perks.
Cons: - Lots of team shifting and unrest as the company grows. - No shuttles or parking compensation.

Block Interview Questions

Rotating the Box

Simulate a box tilting to the right, causing stones to fall until they hit obstacles or the floor. Re-arrange the characters in a given grid to reflect the resulting state of the box.

ArraysStringsTwo Pointers

Available Captures for Rook

On a chessboard, find how many pawns a rook can capture in one move. The rook can move horizontally or vertically until it hits an obstacle or the edge of the board.

Count Nice Pairs in an Array

You're given an array of numbers. Find how many pairs of numbers in the array satisfy a specific 'nice' property determined by reversing their digits and comparing them.

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