Quantitative Analyst applicants have rated the interview process at BlackRock with 3.2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 29% positive. To compare, the company-average is 60.4% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Quantitative Analyst roles take an average of 25 days to get hired, when considering 14 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 Quantitative Analyst according to 14 Glassdoor interviews include:
One on one interview: 55%
Phone interview: 27%
Drug test: 9%
Presentation: 9%
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at BlackRock
Interview
Got a call from someone at Blackrock. Had an initial informal interview followed by 2 interviews with n overseas Office. After clearing these rounds was invited to their office to attend a couple of interviews
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Question 1
Q: If you know you are about to enter recession, what would you invest in Equity or Fixed Income?
App -> Hirevue interview with three questions. And then another interview. Hirevue interview was non-technical, No coding questions were asked. Know your resume in and out. Second interview is technical with someone or multiple people from the company
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Share your thoughts on the future of quantitative finance and its role in the global economy.
Pre-interview process hold by HireVue, you are given 3 minutes to think through and 2 minutes record. You only have one time to record. Nothing else to share about .
direct superday interviews if i remember correctly. first interview was comprised of a difficult statistics question, some behavioral questions and interviewer seemed inexperienced. second interviewer was more senior and seemed to want very specific answer to her problem solving question