I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at BlackRock (Vellore) in Aug 2015
Interview
First round was online test consisting various topics like database, datastructure, observation.
Second and third round was technical interview
Fourth round was hr interview mainly to see if you fit in the culture
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
First technical interview: first they asked to find the number of "e" in string immediate in any language. Then how to insert in linked list. Then how to sort a linked list. Then few maths problem solving questions
Second technical interview: what is big data, python, AWS, my projects again few problem solving.
Third hr interview: tell me about yourself. Did you give IIT exam. About my family. Few behavorial questions and do u wanna ask anything.
Four interviews, forty five mins each. Met folks from different teams for their rotation program. Everyone was super smart and clearly excited about working there. Didn't end up taking the job because I decided to stay outside Chicago.
There was fitst technical round out of three round.
In my first round they asked a DSA Coding question. I do not quite remember the question that was asked, but it did not go well and was rejected.
I applied through college or university. I interviewed at BlackRock (Manipal) in Sep 2025
Interview
On campus Interview, asked question about my projects and resume in depth. No dsa questions, just grilled on resume and websockets.
Two round, technical focused on my resume and one HR round that focused on getting to know me and normal hr questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you describe AI to childs or old people?