I applied online. I interviewed at Block (Cleveland, OH) in Jun 2024
Interview
Phone Screen
Video Interview
Panel Interview
Take Home Assignment
My recruiter was late to the Phone Screen and I had to follow up to ensure the Video Interview was scheduled.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What ESP platforms and tools have you operated on in the past?
I applied online. I interviewed at Block (San Francisco, CA) in Feb 2020
Interview
I interviewed with the recruiter over the phone. My second interview was with the hiring manager over the phone. Last interviews were with cross functional partners over videochat including presenting to the hiring manager at the end. The recruiter kept me updated throughout the process so I did not need to follow up.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked to do a presentation of how I would handle certain situations.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Block (San Francisco, CA) in Mar 2016
Interview
Painfully slow and disconnected interview process. Job description was not reflective of required skills and was misleading.
Two phone screens and 6 personal interviews over 4 weeks to conclude a mismatch of a skill-set listed neither on my resume not on job descriptions across multiple portals. I checked.
The interview panel was unaware of the role and responsibilities in question. They were unprepared and did not provide any insights into their interaction with the team they were hiring for.
Hiring manager was deeply uncertain of the vision of the team, growth opportunities and immediate challenges.
Project Manager was passive aggressive, unprepared and had to pull up Linkedin during interview to start conversation. Had mocking tone and wondered why to hire a person who's on top of their game.
Data Science guy asked some relevant questions. Engineering Manager asked engineering questions. Ultimately everybody asked questions about what they did, while no one knew what the candidate was going to do, and were unable to ask relevant questions; rendering the interview exercise useless for lack of focus on the job in question.
This exposed a politics infested workplace where veteran employees mislead new leadership to maintain control on hiring and vision to avoid competition and maintain indispensability.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How do you start analyzing when a number of payments are reported as being unable to process?
Hi,
Thank you for taking the time to write about your experience. We were really disappointed to read about your interview process — 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 job descriptions contain the skills one is told they need for the role. We have recently introduced a new interview training process that should help future interviewers be more aware and prepared for interviews. We’re very sorry about your interview experience. The candidate experience is very important at Square and we value your feedback. Your post will help us improve the process.
Best,
The Square Talent Team