BlackRock hiring event interview
I have been invited to a BlackRock hiring event after completing a hackerrank coding challenge. Can anybody please share their experience from such events at BlackRock for software engineer roles? In terms of topics covered and difficulty? Also, is going there from boa a good step? My current TC 116.5k, YOE 4. Thank you.
Blackrock would be an upgrade from BoA imo
Blackrock interview was easy. I hated the culture there though.
Did you go there for the hiring event as well? And what topics or concepts did they cover, if you don't mind.
What was missing from the culture? Or what did it have that it shouldn't? I've noticed some of the "finance Bros" are snobbish but SEs are pretty down to earth
2 sum problem. But it's hard to guess what went wrong even though you coded it and explained trade-offs. Does not seem like a nice culture place.
Have noticed this at my team as well where some people reject what look like good candidates. I think it is more common at financial orgs.
They asked me to write sorting algortihm. I wrote the merge sort code and they asked me why i didnt use 2 loopings to sort it cuz my code is too complex 😂😂. I got the offer though but I rejected it.
Which BLK location is the hiring event happening at?
New York City. Midtown I believe.
BlackRock is a solid company (among the top names) and probably has better employee benefits than BOA. They’d likely give you a small bump in comp but nothing that will blow you away. Their projects are notorious for being chaos from what I hear, though. Banks and financial institutions crap on SWEs as I’m sure you’re aware.