Block interview questions

49 questions30 coding5 system design14 behavioral10 freeUpdated

This is every question in the Block guide, in one list: 30 coding problems, 5 system designs and 14 behavioral questions, drawn from what candidates report about Block interviews.

Each row shows the round it comes from and links to the lesson that works through it. 10 are free to read in full. The other 39 are Premium, and here you still see their round, difficulty and topic, so you know what you're walking into.

Block coding interview questions

30 problems, in the order the guide teaches them. Each lesson gives the full problem, a worked solution and the follow-ups interviewers tend to add.

1Rolling-Window Spend Flag: Deque + Hash MapFreeMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
2Ledger Reconciliation: Prefix Sum + Hash MapFreeMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
3Idempotent Settle: Hash-Set DedupFreeMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
4Fraud Velocity Check: Distinct Devices in a Rolling WindowFreeMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
5Daily Payout Rollup: Group a Transaction Stream by SellerFreeMediumArrays, Strings & Hashing
6Encode and Decode Strings (LC 271): A Length-Prefixed Wire FormatFreeMediumSorting & Intervals
7Count Nice Pairs (LC 1814): Canonical Key, One Hash MapFreeMediumSorting & Intervals
8Pancake Sorting (LC 969): Sort With Prefix ReversalsFreeMediumSorting & Intervals
9Falling Squares (LC 699): Interval Maxima Without a Segment TreeFreeHardSorting & Intervals
10Premium medium problemMediumGraphs & Trees
11Premium easy problemEasyGraphs & Trees
12Premium medium problemMediumGraphs & Trees
13Premium medium problemMediumGraphs & Trees
14Premium medium problemMediumGraphs & Trees
15Premium medium problemMediumGrids & Simulation
16Premium medium problemMediumGrids & Simulation
17Premium medium problemMediumGrids & Simulation
18Premium medium problemMediumGrids & Simulation
19Premium easy problemEasyGrids & Simulation
20Premium medium problemMediumGrids & Simulation
21Premium medium problemMediumObject-Oriented Design
22Premium medium problemMediumObject-Oriented Design
23Premium medium problemMediumObject-Oriented Design
24Premium medium problemMediumObject-Oriented Design
25Premium medium problemMediumObject-Oriented Design
26Premium medium problemMediumThe Practical Round
27Premium medium problemMediumThe Practical Round
28Premium medium problemMediumThe Practical Round
29Premium medium problemMediumThe Practical Round
30Premium medium problemMediumThe Practical Round

Block system design interview questions

5 designs, each worked end to end in its own lesson, from requirements to the architecture and its trade-offs.

#Question
1Design a Payments LedgerFree
2Design Cash App P2P Transfer (Premium)
3Design an Idempotent Payments API (Premium)
4Design Real-Time Fraud Detection (Premium)
5Design API Rate Limiting (Premium)

A lock means the design is named here and its walkthrough is Premium.

Block behavioral interview questions

14 questions, grouped by what the interviewer is testing. The lesson explains why each one gets asked and what a strong answer covers.

Why economic empowerment (3)

All 3 are Premium

Customer focus (2)

All 2 are Premium

Ownership & DRI (3)

All 3 are Premium

Regulatory & compliance maturity (2)

All 2 are Premium

Collaboration & low-ego (2)

All 2 are Premium

Craft & constraint (2)

All 2 are Premium

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How many questions are in the Block interview guide?

49: 30 coding problems, 5 system designs and 14 behavioral questions. The guide was last updated in November 2026.

Which rounds do these Block interview questions come from?

All 30 coding problems come from the coding rounds. The 5 system designs and 14 behavioral questions come from the system design and behavioral rounds. Every row in the list carries its round, so you can start with the one you have booked.

Which Block interview questions are free?

10 of the 49 are free to read in full, marked Free in the list. The other 39 come with Premium, which also opens all 100 company guides.