I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Block (San Francisco, CA) in Sept 2016
Interview
Paired programming with a team specific engineer at the time. The recruiter got back to me really quick, in less than a week. Set up a time, they were super flexible with Skype or call. The interviewer was really friendly, but code style was super important to them and getting it on the first try was more difficult than expected, but doable.
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Positive experience
Average interview
Application
I interviewed at Block (Melbourne)
Interview
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.
