Software Engineer Interview Experience - Toronto, Ontario
June 9, 2024
Positive ExperienceGot Offer
Process
The interview process includes:
- One round of recruiter interview.
- One technical screen.
- A final screen consisting of two technical rounds: one on hotel booking architecture and one on past experience.
Questions
Describe your past project and elaborate on the technical details.
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Interview Statistics
The following metrics were computed from 9 interview experiences for the Block Software Engineer role in Toronto, Ontario.
Success Rate
33%
Pass Rate
Block's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in Toronto, Ontario is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.
Experience Rating
Positive44%
Neutral11%
Negative44%
Candidates reported having mixed feelings for Block's Software Engineer interview process in Toronto, Ontario.
Block Work Experiences
1.0
Remote onboarding kinda sucks. You won't be coding much here.
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Toronto, Ontario, Canada
September 6, 2020
Pros: - Jack is a solid dude.
- Good company values.
- Good benefits.
- Co-workers are generally friendly and helpful.
Cons: - Onboarding really, really sucks.
- Nobody really knows anything, and people are just blindly following processes.
- Write docs for days, weeks, or months, with no time actually spent writing code.
- If you like technology and building things with code, you'll be stuck in a quagmire of documentation, reviews, complicated legacy code nobody dares touch, and robotic processes.
- Nobody has figured out how to build team morale remotely, which is a problem given Square wants to become a fully remote company.
4.0
review
Software Engineer • Current Employee
Vancouver, BC
November 7, 2025
Pros: good wlb, culture, people and less politics
Cons: no interesting project, low stock price
5.0
SWE Intern Experience
Software Engineer • Former Employee
New York, NY
November 3, 2025
Pros: Great culture
Fun and demanding projects
Cons: Not as competitive pay compared to elsewhere
- 1.0Remote onboarding kinda sucks. You won't be coding much here.Software Engineer • Current EmployeeToronto, Ontario, CanadaSeptember 6, 2020Pros: - Jack is a solid dude. - Good company values. - Good benefits. - Co-workers are generally friendly and helpful.Cons: - Onboarding really, really sucks. - Nobody really knows anything, and people are just blindly following processes. - Write docs for days, weeks, or months, with no time actually spent writing code. - If you like technology and building things with code, you'll be stuck in a quagmire of documentation, reviews, complicated legacy code nobody dares touch, and robotic processes. - Nobody has figured out how to build team morale remotely, which is a problem given Square wants to become a fully remote company.
- 4.0reviewSoftware Engineer • Current EmployeeVancouver, BCNovember 7, 2025Pros: good wlb, culture, people and less politicsCons: no interesting project, low stock price
- 5.0SWE Intern ExperienceSoftware Engineer • Former EmployeeNew York, NYNovember 3, 2025Pros: Great culture Fun and demanding projectsCons: Not as competitive pay compared to elsewhere
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