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Updated Mar 30, 2012 – Interview questions and reviews posted anonymously by interview candidates.

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3.2

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Interview Experience [?] Based on 6 ratings

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Neutral	33%
Negative	17%

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4.0

Difficult Interview

Overall Neutral Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2010 in New York, NY (took 3 days)

Phone interview screening with HR is literally to see if you want to be submitted to the team. Once the team approves, they setup the in office interview. You have to meet with pretty much half the team at the very least as well as a few people from related teams. I interviewed with 12-13 people total for 20 mins each over a span of 3 days. They seem to ask the same questions and then at the end of the process they decide if you are going to be easy to work with yet know your stuff and get stuff done.

Interview Questions

Please describe a trade lifecycle

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Negotiation Details

Negotiation was short because they have a set salary for how many years experience for your title level. Was not able to get even a small increase.

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Dec 2010 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 2 days)

Organised and structured. Provided a very clear idea of BlackRock and the goals of the team I was joining.

Negotiation Details

Yes. I spoke to HR

Other Details

I got the interview through a Staffing Agency and the interview consisted of a Group/Panel Interview.

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2.0

Easy Interview

Overall Negative Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Oct 2011 in San Francisco, CA (took a day)

The interview process went well. BlackRock interviews are different and less structured than other financial services companies. It made it easy to tell my story and control the direction of the interview. I would give myself an A rating for the interview. Unfortunately, when I heard back about a second round, BlackRock informed me that rather than not being selected for a second round, they were not looking to fill the position any more.

Interview Questions

Talk about a time when you worked very hard for something but were not able to achieve the goal.

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Other Details

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

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Oct 2010 (took 2 days)

I first applied online, got a call back and a phone interview, then came in to interview twice. After the second interview, I was offered the job. After negotiations ensued, I accepted the job. I took a drug test and had to be subjected to a background, credit and drug test before the offer was finalized.

Interview Questions

Why did you leave your last position?

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Negotiation Details

Yes

Other Details

I Applied Online and the interview consisted of a Phone Interview, a 1:1 Interview, a Drug Test and a Background Check.

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3.0

Average Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Received and Accepted Offer

Interviewed Jan 2008 in London, England (United Kingdom) (took 3 days)

Interview was somewhat quantitative, but friendly. Make sure you are comfortable with what you are talking about.

Interview Questions

Where do you see yourself in 5/10years?

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Other Details

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

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5.0

Very Difficult Interview

Overall Positive Experience

Interviewed and No Offer

Interviewed Dec 2009 (took 3 weeks)

Pretty tough but very thorough - asked a lot on market situation and were interested to know what I thought was the cause of the economic crises. A group of highly intelligent, very friendly people. Off-putting in the sense that the interviewers asked technical questions in a pretty conversational, casual manner. One thing - they take weeks to get back to you post Superday, which i thought was pretty strange for such a well-run company, but didn't get offer. The on-campus interview before that was very conversational, almost no behavioral or fit, just a casual conversation on where we both thought markets were heading and what we considered to be the future of Asset Management. Overall lots of fun but pretty stressful.