I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at BlackRock (San Francisco, CA) in Jun 2016
Interview
4 1:1 interview which happened for 45 min each Interview panel was friendly. know your java, algorithms and data structures
what happens when you type a web site name and hit send
diff between app server and web server
white board reverse a linked list
single ton java code
diff between abstract class and interface
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
white board merge 2 unsorted arrays
you have a stream of integers randomly coming from some source find top n elements and return it as an array
some multi threading questions
some questions on maps, lists
synchronized block and methods.
Four interviews, forty five mins each. Met folks from different teams for their rotation program. Everyone was super smart and clearly excited about working there. Didn't end up taking the job because I decided to stay outside Chicago.
There was fitst technical round out of three round.
In my first round they asked a DSA Coding question. I do not quite remember the question that was asked, but it did not go well and was rejected.
I applied through university. I interviewed at BlackRock (Manipal) in Sept 2025
Interview
On campus Interview, asked question about my projects and resume in depth. No dsa questions, just grilled on resume and websockets.
Two round, technical focused on my resume and one HR round that focused on getting to know me and normal hr questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you describe AI to childs or old people?