BlackRock coding interview questions
13 problems, in the order the guide teaches them. The 3 tagged OA are covered in the online assessment lessons. Each lesson gives the full problem, a worked solution and the follow-ups interviewers tend to add.
| # | Question |
|---|---|
| 1 | Number of Bids: Cheapest Fill Per ProjectFreeOAMediumThe Online Assessment |
| 2 | Target Exposure: Count Pairs Summing to a TargetFreeOAMediumThe Online Assessment |
| 3 | Risk Calculators: Minimum Ticks to Clear the QueueFreeOAMediumThe Online Assessment |
| 4 | Premium medium problemCodingMediumLow-Level Design & OOP |
| 5 | Premium medium problemCodingMediumLow-Level Design & OOP |
| 6 | Premium medium problemCodingMediumLow-Level Design & OOP |
| 7 | Premium easy problemCodingEasyThe Core Coding Round |
| 8 | Premium medium problemCodingMediumThe Core Coding Round |
| 9 | Premium medium problemCodingMediumThe Core Coding Round |
| 10 | Premium medium problemCodingMediumThe Core Coding Round |
| 11 | Position ledger: fold trade fills exactly onceFreeSystem designMediumDesign a Finance Platform |
| 12 | Premium medium problemSystem designMediumDesign a Parking Lot |
| 13 | Premium medium problemSystem designMediumDesign a Producer-Consumer System |
BlackRock system design interview questions
3 designs, each worked end to end in its own lesson, from requirements to the architecture and its trade-offs.
| # | Question |
|---|---|
| 1 | Design a Finance PlatformFree |
| 2 | Design a Parking Lot (Premium) |
| 3 | Design a Producer-Consumer System (Premium) |
A lock means the design is named here and its walkthrough is Premium.
BlackRock behavioral interview questions
15 questions, grouped by what the interviewer is testing. The lesson explains why each one gets asked and what a strong answer covers.
Why BlackRock, and the fiduciary mindset (3)
Ownership and impact (3)
Collaboration across investment and engineering teams (3)
Working under scrutiny and regulation (3)
Ambiguity, and making progress without a map (3)
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