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Software Engineering Interview Experience - San Francisco, California

October 1, 2014
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Process

I received two on-campus interviews, each 45 minutes long. The interviewers were nice, and the questions were standard data structure/algorithm screening questions.

Then I flew out to San Francisco to spend a day on the Square campus. I was shown around and participated in two more pair programming interviews, which were nice as you can use a laptop and check documentation. There were also recruiting videos and other activities.

Questions

String segmentation question (e.g., given string "therearefourwords", separate it out into "there are four words").

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 12 interview experiences for the Block Software Engineering role in San Francisco, California.

Success Rate

42%
Pass Rate

Block's interview process for their Software Engineering roles in San Francisco, California is fairly selective, failing a large portion of engineers who go through it.

Experience Rating

Positive100%
Neutral0%
Negative0%

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

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