I applied through an employee referral. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Block (Toronto, ON) in Dec 2020
Interview
The whole process was very smooth. My recruiter was very communicative. I did the first technical interview on a collaborative IDE, did a data structure question. Was not too hard, definitely LeetCode easy/medium. The question involved creating several functions to solve a problem, and had two parts. The interviewer was very kind and helpful, felt like we were having a conversation. It was my first technical interview ever, and even though I wasn’t given an offer, the whole process was smooth and relaxed, which was definitely very assuring to me as a newbie in the professional field.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Data structure question involving the creation of multiple functions; code had to be runnable + should run a lot of tests as you code
Inital take home, followed by extension interview, followed by a coding challenge, followed by system design interview.
The whole process took 3 months!
The interviewers are usually really nice and want you to do your best.
The interviewer was nice, and he is friendly and willing to give hint, the question has 2 follow-ups, it was hard to complete in time. The question was not a typical LeetCode
Phone screen and then a full day of interviews. 3 pair programming challenges, a system design review and a prior experience interview. There was also an onsite lunch with a person from the company.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
To design a hotel booking system. Pick any part (backend, frontend, database, api etc) and deepdive into that, explaining the decisions along the way.
