I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at BlackRock (San Francisco, CA) in Nov 2015
Interview
First round online video interview for 30 minutes - very fast and impersonal. First question was how many assets under management does BlackRock have.
I was called for a second round interview 2 days before I had to fly across the country- not ideal and they were not flexible. The communication with HR was not fast and they didn't provide much information. Cancelled the 'breakfast' portion of the day the same morning.
The people on the team I interviewed were great- clearly very intelligent and kind. I never got a response from the company- even after reaching out to people.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What current news is affecting the markets? Where do you predict interest rates to go?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at BlackRock (Londres, Angleterre) in Jan 2015
Interview
Interview Process consisted of video interview followed by two competency based phone interviews and then the final assessment centre interviews along with problem test. Interviewers are really friendly and will help you relax and feel comfortable. Just be honest about your answers. Don't boast.
Brush up your SQL and database skills. Know your finance.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Blackrock?
Skills that you will bring to Blackrock?
Describe your projects.
How will you describe a database to a 4 year old?
Tell me about recent finance story?
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at BlackRock (New York, NY) in Dec 2015
Interview
After I applied online through the website, I was invited to a video interview with a person from the PAG team. It was 30 mins, mostly behavioral/tech questions such as how has technology help finance evolve. After 2 days I was invited for a final interview at their offices - 2 hrs, 4 interviewers, very nice people. Interview was pretty personalized and behavioral, asked mostly about my background, previous experience, why this major, what have I done that will help me in the position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How has technology helped finance evolve/change?
Types of risk