I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Block (Dublin, Dublin) in Apr 2022
Interview
Round 1:
1 hour pair programming
Round 2:
Pair programming
Final Round:
1 hour interview with Hiring Manager
1 hour pair programming
1 hour pair programming
1 hour interview about past tech experience
After 6 hours worth of interviews Block failed to ever get back to me. I had a competing offer from Amazon which I informed them about, but they still never informed me the outcome of my interviews.
This sort of experience and mistreatment of candidates says alot about the company…
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Algorithmic and Object Oriented style coding questions
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.