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Blackrock Software Developer Intern Interview Questions, Process, and Tips

Updated 25 Sep 2024

Top Blackrock Software Developer Intern Interview Questions and Answers

  • Q1. Reverse Linked List Problem Statement Given a singly linked list of integers, return the head of the reversed linked list. Example: Initial linked list: 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 ...read more
  • Q2. What is the difference between Python and C++?
  • Q3. You will be provided with SQL queries and code snippets along with their outputs or errors in the options. Can you analyze and determine the correct outputs or identify t ...read more
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Blackrock Software Developer Intern Interview Experiences

4 interviews found

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via campus placement at National Institute of Technology (NIT), Patna and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There was 1 interview round.

Round 1 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. MULTIPLE QUESTIONS OF OOPS
  • Q2. Program of prime number
  • Ans. 

    A program to find prime numbers within a given range

    • Iterate through numbers in the given range

    • Check if each number is divisible by any number other than 1 and itself

    • If not divisible, it is a prime number

  • Answered by AI
  • Q3. Pseudo code of finding ones in a number
  • Ans. 

    Count the number of ones in a given number using pseudo code

    • Initialize a count variable to 0

    • Iterate through each bit of the number and check if it is 1

    • Increment the count if the bit is 1

    • Return the count as the result

  • Answered by AI
  • Q4. Basic questions of sql and mongodb

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - have proper command of oops ,basic DSA and have good projects

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via campus placement at Vellore Institute of Technology (VIT) and was interviewed in Aug 2024. There were 2 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Aptitude test with different sections. Each section had its own time limit. Level - Moderate to difficult

Round 2 - Technical 

(4 Questions)

  • Q1. Introduce yourself
  • Ans. 

    I am a passionate software developer with experience in Java, Python, and web development.

    • Experienced in Java and Python programming languages

    • Proficient in web development technologies like HTML, CSS, and JavaScript

    • Currently pursuing a degree in Computer Science

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Resume projects
  • Q3. 2 DSA questions
  • Q4. One SQL Query question

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I was interviewed before Sep 2020.

Round 1 - Face to Face 

(2 Questions)

Round duration - 60 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

This was a Technical round. About 60 students were shortlisted for this round. There were two interviewers. First, they asked me to introduce myself. Then I was asked some concepts of OOPS. some questions from OS and DBMS. I was asked to write code to reverse a link list on the notepad and share my screen. Then I was asked about my projects and internship. There were some situational questions related to the internship. They asked me what I know about the company.

My interview took place in the morning at around 10:00 a.m. and lasted for about an hour.

  • Q1. What is the difference between Python and C++?
  • Ans. 

    Told him some of the major difference between these two popular languages.

  • Answered Anonymously
  • Q2. 

    Reverse Linked List Problem Statement

    Given a singly linked list of integers, return the head of the reversed linked list.

    Example:

    Initial linked list: 1 -> 2 -> 3 -> 4 -> NULL
    Reversed link...
  • Ans. 

    I was asked to write the code for the same and share my screen. So I explained both the iterative and recursive approaches and wrote the code with the iterative approach.

  • Answered Anonymously
Round 2 - HR 

Round duration - 30 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

It was a virtual interview and there was just one interviewer. The interviewer was really friendly. First of all, the interviewer introduced himself and also shared some facts about the company. Then he asked me to introduce myself. Then behavioral and situational questions were asked. Then he asked if I was comfortable with relocation. BlackRock has 2 locations that are Gurgaon and Mumbai.

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI completed Computer Science Engineering from TIET - Thapar Institute of Engineering And Technology. Eligibility criteria8 CGPA or aboveBlackrock interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - AVL Trees ,OOPS, Data Structures, WebDev(if mentioned in resume), Operating system, DBMSTime required to prepare for the interview - 6 monthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Revise Trees especially AVL trees and tree traversals as the major questions for data structures were from trees. 
Tip 2 : Revise your OOPs concepts for the interview round.
Tip 3 : If you have done a project in development, make sure you know well about them.

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Mention only those things in your resume, you have knowledge about.
Tip 2 : A project in development is a plus.

Final outcome of the interviewRejected

Skills evaluated in this interview

I was interviewed before May 2021.

Round 1 - Coding Test 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 90 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

  • Q1. You will be provided with SQL queries and code snippets along with their outputs or errors in the options. Can you analyze and determine the correct outputs or identify the errors?
  • Ans. 

    Tip 1 : Read about Red Black Trees and other advanced data structures
    Tip 2 : Do practice for SQL queries

  • Answered Anonymously
Round 2 - Face to Face 

(1 Question)

Round duration - 15 minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

  • Q1. What can you tell me about joins and indexing in database management systems?
Round 3 - HR 

Round duration - 20 Minutes
Round difficulty - Medium

Interview Preparation Tips

Professional and academic backgroundI applied for the job as SDE - Intern in GurgaonEligibility criteriaAbove 7 CGPABlackrock interview preparation:Topics to prepare for the interview - Data Structures, OOPS, Operating Systems, DBMS, C++Time required to prepare for the interview - 4 MonthsInterview preparation tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Be well versed with the concepts of Data Structures and SQL
Tip 2 : Should have thorough knowledge of your projects 

Application resume tips for other job seekers

Tip 1 : Mention your projects very clearly
Tip 2 : You should be able to justify everything on your resume from grades to skills

Final outcome of the interviewSelected

Skills evaluated in this interview

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 (2)

Interview questions from similar companies

Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
No response

I applied via Approached by Company and was interviewed in Apr 2024. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Contained only mcq questions related to maths and reasoning

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. How to detect two loops in a linkedlist
  • Ans. 

    Use Floyd's Cycle Detection Algorithm to detect two loops in a linked list.

    • Initialize two pointers, slow and fast, both starting at the head of the linked list.

    • Move slow pointer by one step and fast pointer by two steps in each iteration.

    • If they meet at some point, there is a loop. Reset one pointer to head and move both by one step until they meet again to find the start of the loop.

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Mainly all the basics questions on DSA and C++ Language and all the ds like stacks, linkedlist, tree, array, queue,map difference between queue and stack
Round 3 - Technical 

(3 Questions)

  • Q1. Questions on project
  • Q2. Code simple que like reverse the string in every possible language that is mentioned on yor resume ,like node js react or python and even c language
  • Q3. Basics questions of os like deadlocks
Round 4 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. I was note selected for this round

Interview Preparation Tips

Topics to prepare for BCG Junior Software Engineer interview:
  • DSA
  • React
  • SQL
  • Linkedlist
  • array

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Easy
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Naukri.com

Round 1 - One-on-one 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Write a java program to sort an array
  • Ans. 

    Java program to sort an array of strings

    • Use Arrays.sort() method to sort the array of strings

    • Import java.util.Arrays package

    • Example: String[] arr = {"apple", "banana", "orange"}; Arrays.sort(arr);

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. Collections in java and springboot
  • Ans. 

    Collections in Java and Spring Boot are used to store and manipulate groups of objects.

    • Collections in Java are used to store multiple objects in a single unit.

    • Spring Boot provides support for managing collections through various data structures like List, Set, Map, etc.

    • Collections in Java and Spring Boot help in organizing and manipulating data efficiently.

    • Example: List names = new ArrayList<>();

Answered by AI

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
3
Average
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-
Round 1 - Aptitude Test 

Basic aptitude questions. Could be done easily if practiced enough

Round 2 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Introduce yourself
  • Q2. Array searching
Interview experience
4
Good
Difficulty level
-
Process Duration
-
Result
-

I applied via Job Portal

Round 1 - Coding Test 

Coding test was of two hours, and two difficult hard question was passed

Round 2 - Group Discussion 

In the group discussion, they asked the question based on the project

Interview experience
5
Excellent
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
Less than 2 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I was interviewed in Dec 2023.

Round 1 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Lifecycle hooks of Angular
  • Ans. 

    Angular lifecycle hooks are methods that allow you to tap into specific points in a component's lifecycle.

    • ngOnChanges: called when an input property changes

    • ngOnInit: called once the component is initialized

    • ngDoCheck: called during every change detection run

    • ngAfterContentInit: called after content (ng-content) has been projected into the component

    • ngAfterContentChecked: called after every check of the projected content

    • ng...

  • Answered by AI
  • Q2. SOLID principles
Round 2 - Technical 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Questions on SQL
Round 3 - HR 

(1 Question)

  • Q1. Introduction and basic questions

Skills evaluated in this interview

Interview experience
2
Poor
Difficulty level
Moderate
Process Duration
4-6 weeks
Result
Not Selected

I applied via Recruitment Consulltant and was interviewed in Jul 2023. There were 4 interview rounds.

Round 1 - Resume Shortlist 
Pro Tip by AmbitionBox:
Keep your resume crisp and to the point. A recruiter looks at your resume for an average of 6 seconds, make sure to leave the best impression.
View all tips
Round 2 - Aptitude Test 

Mix of coding, aptitude, java, javascript

Round 3 - Technical 

(2 Questions)

  • Q1. Resume based questions on project
  • Q2. Basic SQL, Java streams questions
Round 4 - Technical 

(5 Questions)

  • Q1. Project related questions
  • Q2. Internal working of hashmap
  • Q3. Design patterns I've used
  • Q4. Print whole Fibonacci series using recursion.
  • Q5. Show my Github projects, and the interviewer didn't even properly looked into the code.

Interview Preparation Tips

Interview preparation tips for other job seekers - Prepare:
Core java concepts,
Well written resume with proper understanding of every project.
SQL,
Basic coding questions
Design patterns, solid etc.

Blackrock Interview FAQs

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