I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at BlackRock (London, England) in Jan 2015
Interview
Interview Process consisted of video interview followed by two competency based phone interviews and then the final assessment centre interviews along with problem test. Interviewers are really friendly and will help you relax and feel comfortable. Just be honest about your answers. Don't boast.
Brush up your SQL and database skills. Know your finance.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Blackrock?
Skills that you will bring to Blackrock?
Describe your projects.
How will you describe a database to a 4 year old?
Tell me about recent finance story?
Select 2 roles, each requiring 2x HireVue followed by 2x Video Interview.
Video interviews with two different interviewers currently working in the role.
Offers sent out within 2 weeks of video interview
HR reached out to me after a successful virtual cover letter, and booked my an interview with one of the team's analysts. The analyst was really nice and the interview wasn't at all technical, more kind of getting to know me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Recall a moment of team struggle and how you helped to cope with it.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at BlackRock in Aug 2020
Interview
First stage online virtual cover letter consisting of three questions. Not difficult questions at all. All 3 questions were fairly standard and can be found online. Did not make it past this stage unfortunately.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why did you choose to apply to the Portfolio Analysts Group (PAG)?
