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Software Engineer Interview Experience

June 1, 2019
Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

The recruiter I initially spoke with over the phone was great: interested in my career goals and engaging.

The technical phone screen was entirely the opposite.

The interviewer was completely disinterested from the beginning, didn't understand the programming question, and reluctantly answered questions about company culture.

This reflected poorly on Square as a place to work and the quality of engineers there.

Questions

Given an n x n array, find the shortest path from (0, 0) to (n, n). You can only move left or down.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 158 interview experiences for the Block Software Engineer role in United States.

Success Rate

18%
Pass Rate

Block's interview process for their Software Engineer roles in the United States is very selective, failing most engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive49%
Neutral25%
Negative26%

Candidates reported having good feelings for Block's Software Engineer interview process in United States.

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