I applied through an employee referral. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at BlackRock (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2014
Interview
Great company. Some technicals but mostly fit questions. I interviewed for both the trading an liquidities group and the transition management team. The format was one on one interviews and everyone was friendly. A mixture of analysts to management interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What aspects of a portfolio would you need to manage when transitioning between two managers?
There were a couple of interviews, which were all positive. One stage was mainly focused on explaining the function/role which I experienced as very insightful. It was not always clear what the conversation would focus on up front.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why do you think organisations hire BlackRock for transition management services? - this already requires quite some knowledge which is difficult to possess when you haven't been exposed to it.