Block

Summer Engineering Interview Experience - Cambridge, Massachusetts

October 1, 2015

Negative ExperienceNo Offer

Process

I signed up through a college recruiting website and heard back from them regarding an interview within a couple of days. The interview lasted for an hour and was in person. I didn't like the vibes I was getting from the interviewer because it seemed like all he wanted to do was shoot my ideas down instead of constructively walking me through the problems.

Questions

Make a Least Recently Used (LRU) caching program for an associative array in C.

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Interview Statistics

The following metrics were computed from 2 interview experiences for the Block Summer Engineering role in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Success Rate

0%

Pass Rate

Block's interview process for their Summer Engineering roles in Cambridge, Massachusetts is extremely selective, failing the vast majority of engineers.

Experience Rating

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Neutral0%

Negative100%

Candidates reported having very negative feelings for Block's Summer Engineering interview process in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

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Block Interview Questions

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