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Updated Jan 16, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Dec 2011 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 2 months)

Process was efficient. I conducted the first two interviews over the phone. The next round consisted of an assessment centre. A lunch was hosted by junior members of staff. Following lunch there were two interviews with Directors, a problem solving exercise regarding numbers and simple quant analysis. Group discussion & pres.

Interview Questions

Give me an example of a time you disagreed with the way a more senior member of staff was conducting business, and how you dealt with it.

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Tell me about the greatest accomplishment in your last role

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Negotiation Details

A standard package - didn't appear like negotiation was possible

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The interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Background Check, a Skills Test, a Presentation and a Group/Panel Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jan 2011 (took a day)

Called me at 830 in the morning and asked a bunch of fit questions mostly. Wasn't that nice over the phone.

Interview Questions

What other firms did you apply for.

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What was your best college experience

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Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2009 (took a day)

There was numerous questions about the current economic evnviornment. One question was asked about productivity of the firm. The culture of blackrock is rather laid back. Reason for not getting the job was most likely I did not have enough experience in the finance industry.

Interview Questions

Take me through a DCF

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Jul 2010 in New York, NY (took 2 weeks)

The phone interview was directly with management, very thorough CV questions. SuperDay was rough, first a panel (nice team) asking mostly CV and fit questions, then a 1:1 (aggressive), up to now not sure if it was a meant to be a stress interview or the guy was just annoyed by me being there. That being said, know a lot of detail about the company. Felt like interview skills were being tested more than actual technical skills. Questions on conflict and lying.

Interview Questions

Last time you lied.

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Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview and a Group/Panel Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2010 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 3 weeks)

I was asked a lot of fitting questions, no right or wrongs, i think they were just trying to figure out whether I can work hard and fit well into the company cuclture.

Interview Questions

give me an example when you had confliction in interest in a team work

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2008 (took a day)

This was my first interview since I entered MBA program. No experience, so failed. Here are some lessons:
1. Familiar with your resume. They will ask many detailed questions about it.
2. Some general questions like "Describe a time that you suffered most."
3. About market information. like "Describe a piece of news that you read. How you think abou it?"
4. Know the company well. Do your homework.

There are 2 panels altogether. The first one is harsh (attitude). The second one is nice.

Interview Questions

Describe a piece of news that you read today or yesterday. How do you think about it?

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Tell me how you know about Blackrock.

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Feb 2010 in New York, NY (took a day)

I got an on-campus interview with one employee in the solution team. There were basically no behavioral questions. Several technical questions, consisted of math, programming. They got back to me that evening, gave me the on-site interview.

Interview Questions

concept of object oriented programming

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I got the interview through a College or University and the interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Feb 2008 (took a day)

I got the interview from on-campus recruiting. They ask most behavior questions for the first round. The first question I remembered is "What's the CEO's name?" and other fairly common questions like why do you like finance, why choose this school etc..
People are general friendly and helpful, but I heard from friends who did get the job that it's very long hour and stressful, probably not great for ladies.

Interview Questions

what's CEO's name

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The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview.

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed May 2008 (took 4 weeks)

Applied on line. They called me in about a week. I had 2 interviews where I met a total of 7 managers. It was quite intensive.

Interview Questions

how did you hear of us

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Why do you think we should hire you

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Negotiation Details

I didn't negotiate, I took the nice salary they offered.

Other Details

The interview consisted of a 1:1 Interview, a Group/Panel Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2009 in New York, NY (took 2 days)

Pretty much straight forward finance interview. A lot of behavioral and fit questions considering it was a firmwide analyst hire. Got the interview through a resume drop to the college career center. one-to-one interviews. Though I thought the interview was very conversational, the interviewer wasn't very interested in what I have to say about my resume, which kind of set me off a bit. Other than that, I have heard that the firm is very horizontal in structure and diverse in academic sense.