Blocknative Corporation interview questions

In total, I had about 5 interviews. * Recruiter screening, * CTO screening, * technical screening with Head of Data + CTO, * cultural fit screening with some members of engineering * CEO meet & greet The first step is a recruiter screening. Here you can briefly describe your work experience and skillset. I've done upwards of 20+ interviews over my career and the Blocknative recruiter was the very best I've ever met. They were kind, funny, personable and knowledgable. Even throughout my whole interview process, the recruiter continually followed up with me and gave helpful tips for what to expect. The next interview was with a 30 minute interview with the CTO. This was a chat about my interest/experience in blockchain technology. The absolute wonderful thing about Blocknative is that they acknowledge that blockchain tech is fast moving so no one knows the complete picture. The CTO was not all intimidating and was happy to explain concepts I was missing. The next was the technical screening. This was a mix of questions of how I would approach various data science situations. There are no "gotchus" here. It's refreshing as the type of data science work I do is more solving business problems rather than deep theoretical work. Next I had cultural fit interview with some developers. This was a nice casual conversation where we chatted mostly about hobbies. It made me feel really great in knowing that I would have friendly colleagues. Lastly, there was the CEO screening. Here the CEO laid out how Blocknative came to be and where it is to go. For me it was really helpful to get a picture of what kind of impact I could have. All in all, the whole process was fair. At no point did I feel discouraged from joining and now that I've accepted the offer, I had the right idea.

The interview process is "high touch" in the best possible sense of the word. In the first step, I had an hour-long discussion with the CTO, in which we discussed all the usual subjects (past experience, technical interests, context about the company, etc.), and which quickly converged on the overlap between my skillset and the company's projects. I should stress that this didn't feel so much like an interview as much as an whiteboard/engineering/brainstorming session. The second step was an interview with two members of the engineering team. Again, this took the form of an hour-long conversation in which we dove into both the specifics of my background (education, prior experience, etc.) and an in-depth discussion about the kind of work I would be interested in doing within Blocknative. The third and final step prior to receiving an offer was a short (30 min) conversation with the CEO. Technical conversation was unsurprisingly light, and it felt to me like an opportunity to inquire about the commercial and cultural aspects of Blocknative. As with the first two conversations, this was extremely pleasant and professional. From there, I received a phone-call from the recruiter who had been scheduling meetings throughout to be informed of Blocknative's offer. After a few days of negotiation, I signed on the dotted line.