I applied in-person. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at BlackRock (New York, NY) in Dec 2017
Interview
Met a team member at a recruiting event. Phone screen a week later focusing on technical aptitude. Second phone screen with engineer to test culture. Brought on site to go through a fairly standard technical interview with focus on database topics and OOP
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What happens if a foreign key is omitted during a SQL query and what is it called?
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 college or university. I interviewed at BlackRock (Manipal) in Sep 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?