BlackRock interview notes, page 2 of 2

“They said I didn't need to write full code, just explain the algorithm clearly.” 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've done this problem so many times it should've been automatic.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at BlackRock, Online Assessment (OA) round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This is one of those questions where the answer you give says more about your judgment than your math skills.” 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.

“Classic interval problem but I always forget to handle the edge cases cleanly under pressure.” 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.

“The recursive version came out fine, muscle memory at this point.” 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.

“My first instinct was to compute depths and find the lowest common ancestor, which works but I fumbled explaining the LCA part clearly under pressure.” 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 tripped me up more than I expected.” 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.

“The trade-offs part is what tripped me up.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer 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 stared at this for a second because it felt more like a logic puzzle than a software question.” 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 had a rough outline in my head but the sheer scope of it kind of paralyzed me for a second.” 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.