BlackRock interview notes, page 1 of 2

“I knew this problem but blanked on the sorting step for a second.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at BlackRock, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started with the class hierarchy which felt natural, vehicle types mapping to spot sizes and all that.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at BlackRock, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I knew prefix sums going in, so the core answer came out fine.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at BlackRock, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This question is basically five questions stitched together and they expect you to hold the thread across all of them.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at BlackRock, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The fill part was fine, BFS/DFS flood fill is pretty standard.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at BlackRock, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one sprawled in every direction and I let it.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at BlackRock, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This was the meat of the whole thing and I probably over-engineered my answer.” The rest of the author's notes on Data Scientist interview at BlackRock, Take-home Assignment round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Tripped up on statement 3 for a second.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at BlackRock, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I fumbled this the first time I practiced it because I kept defaulting to 'scale and impact' which sounds like I googled the company for five minutes.” The rest of the author's notes on Product Manager interview at BlackRock, Onsite - Behavioral / Leadership round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I went with merge sort because I could at least explain stability confidently.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at BlackRock, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.