Blackrock

Role: Software Engineer

College: Not Specified

Interview Date: August 29, 2024

Interview Type: Full-Time

Result: Not Specified (Overall success rate for London, UK was 0% from 6 experiences, but individual result not stated)

Difficulty: Medium

Rounds: 1 (HireVue coding and video interview)

Topics Asked: Coding (LeetCode-style), Algorithmic thinking, Explaining thought process.

Experience:

This interview experience for a Software Engineer role in London involved a video and coding interview conducted on HireVue. The candidate was required to answer two coding questions and then explain their thought process in a 2-minute video. There were unlimited attempts for the video explanation and no time limit for the coding challenge.

While specific coding questions for this particular candidate were not detailed, common BlackRock interview questions mentioned include "Happy Number" (Easy), "Find the Maximum Sum of Node Values" (Hard), and "Maximum Subtree of the Same Color" (Medium).