Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at BlackRock with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 132 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at BlackRock overall takes an average of 30 days.
Common stages of the interview process at BlackRock as a Software Engineer according to 132 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 26%
Phone interview: 20%
Skills test: 18%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 8%
Group panel interview: 7%
Drug test: 4%
Personality test: 4%
Other: 2%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
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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?
The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at BlackRock (Budapest) in Sep 2025
Interview
2 interview round, HR, Technical and Manager. It was friendly, but they seemed too eager.
They seemed to be honest about the negatives, which I respected, but caused me to decline the offer