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      Software Engineer New Grad Interview

      Feb 5, 2016
      Anonymous interview candidate
      San Francisco, CA
      No offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Block (San Francisco, CA) in Jan 2016

      Interview

      The interview process consisted of two pair programming Skype interviews on an online text editor, where you can run your code. The on-site had two pair programming interviews, where you sit with your interviewer and code a problem side-by-side. It was really nice to be able to code on a computer, rather than having to write on a whiteboard, and the interviewers were there to bounce ideas off of and jumped in when they wanted. They look for work quality code, as well as expecting the code to execute properly, as they will run it in front of you. The recruiters responded very quickly, and adapted to any hiccups that came along during the interview process. The interview process took a lot longer than expected because one of the interviewers didn't show up for one of my phone screens, and by then it was the holiday season, where onsite interviews were halted for a couple of weeks. Honestly speaking, I was very surprised to get a rejection letter after waiting two weeks because I was able to get running solutions for the problems, and all of my interviewers enjoyed working with me and thought I was a great culture fit according to the feedback. Overall I had a great time interviewing with Square, as all the engineers were extremely friendly, and they all seemed like they had a large say in the products that they worked on.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      I'm not going to get into specifics, but they had me implement a card game.
      Answer question
      4
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      Block response
      10y
      Hi, Thank you for taking the time to tell us about your experience with Square. We are happy to hear that you had a good experience with the Software Engineer New Grad Interview. We were really disappointed to read about how long your interview process took — definitely not cool, and we're really sorry. We'll discuss your feedback with the team immediately. We will work to make sure that future interviews are organized and scheduled in a timely manner. The candidate experience is very important at Square and we value your positive feedback. Best, The Square Talent Team

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      Software Engineer New Grad Interview

      Aug 5, 2022
      Anonymous employee
      San Francisco, CA
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Block (San Francisco, CA) in Jul 2022

      Interview

      My application was for Square. From application to offer took about 2.5 months so it is a fairly long process: 1. Code Signal assessment while applying for the job. They provide a link in the application and ask you to take it as part of your application. 2. Code Signal assessment from a recruiter. I was contacted by a recruiter to complete a Code Signal assessment again so that they could finish reviewing my application. I assume this means they didn't get the results of the first one? 3. 1 hour technical with a recruiter 4. 1 hour technical with a recruiter (a week later) 5. Virtual Onsite (another week later): a. 1 hour technical. This one was less like pair programming. It was similar to a LC Medium problem. b. 1 hour technical. Multiple parts revolve around designing/implementing a class. Each step adds complexity and is more difficult than the last. Got halfway through part 4. c. 1 hour for lunch (no interview) d. 45min Q&A past technical experience. Spend pretty much the whole time going in-depth on a project you've done. Choose one that you played a big role in. Ideally, one where you had some level of leadership and one where you can clearly express your impact. They will ask some technical stuff about the project and also about soft skills like how you approached solving problems or how you handled some conflict. They liked that I was able to give them a live demo of the project and said that most people aren't able to so I think it's good to have this prepared. e. 30min interview with the hiring manager. Talk about the role and about you. A good chance to sell yourself to the hiring manager and show why you're the best fit. Low stress and much more casual. f. 15min wrap-up chat with your recruiter. They give you more info, ask how you think you did, and mine told me how I was doing so far based on feedback from previous phone screens and interviews from earlier that day. Overall most technicals were not focused on LC style questions. I had a couple that were about implementing classes, so make sure you brush up on good class design. One of my phone screens was a pretty simple problem with multiple parts. Only one of my onsite technicals was like a LC medium. I can't reveal the problems I had because of the NDA they have you sign but both of my onsite questions happened to be related to matrices. 6 days after the onsite (was over the weekend so only 4 business days) the recruiter called me and said he got approval to make me an offer, but the hiring manager I interviewed with decided to go with a higher-level engineer instead (I'm guessing L4). We scheduled a meeting with a different hiring manager for the following morning. After interviewing with that hiring manager, I got a call from my recruiter that afternoon which is when I received my verbal offer. He went to get final approval and later that night I received the actual offer letter.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      What was a problem you had to solve in your project and how did you go about it?
      Answer question
      1

      Software Engineer New Grad Interview

      Apr 6, 2022
      Anonymous employee
      Accepted offer
      Positive experience
      Average interview

      Application

      I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Block in Mar 2022

      Interview

      1 hour paired programming Following week another 1 hour paired programming Following week final interview which was - 1 hour paired programming - another 1 hour paired programming - 45 minute talk to hiring manager - 45 minute interview on past experiences

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Why do You want to work at square
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      Software Engineer New Grad Interview

      May 10, 2021
      Anonymous interview candidate
      No offer
      Negative experience
      Difficult interview

      Application

      I applied online. I interviewed at Block in Apr 2021

      Interview

      Applied online for a mobile engineer new grad position. I had about a year of mobile experience (iOS) and am about to graduate in two months. Got a CodeSignal online assessment, got 840, but never heard back since.

      Interview questions [1]

      Question 1

      Don't remember since it was a while ago.
      Answer question
      3