The interview experience was overall smooth. The interview consisted of three rounds excluding a screening call with the HR. The interview mostly centered around my previous experience, transferable skills and situational based questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions
- Previous experience
- situational based questions
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at BlackRock (Gurgaon, Haryana)
Interview
2 on campus round - 1 technical round, 1 HR round.
Most questions were on projects mentioned in the resume. Then some puzzles were asked (straightforward from GeeksforGeeks), followed by questions on finance.
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at BlackRock (New York, NY) in Dec 2024
Interview
Associate interview: behavioral questions, then some hard skills finance questions
Case Study: valuation of a public company, and suggestion of investment opoortunity using and equity and debt structure
Director interview: mostly behavioral questions, motivation, some hard skills and onterest in alternatives
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why does investors want alternatives/DPO in their portfolio?