Unlock Your BlackRock Career: Comprehensive Assessment Guide & Pack [2025]
Updated: January 2025
BlackRock, a global leader in investment and risk management, offers prestigious internships and programmes that open doors to exceptional growth in the finance sector. To secure your place, you must navigate a rigorous recruitment process, including a Recorded Cover Letter and Numerical Assessment.
Our BlackRock Online Assessment Preparation Pack equips you with the tools to excel, helping you pass the test and take a crucial step toward a rewarding career at BlackRock. It includes:
- HireVue Pre-Recorded Interview Preparation, designed to enhance your recorded cover letter performance with a Video Interview Interactive Guide, HireVue practice questions and tips for best addressing each question and standing out your competition.
- Numerical Reasoning Test Practice, refreshing and polishing your numerical skills with over 60 drills covering 4 numerical question types in all difficulty levels.
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- Video Interview Interactive Study Guide
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- Pre-recorded Interview Practice Questions
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- 25+ Numerical Drills Tests (Ratios, Percentages, Conversations, Algebraic Equations, and more)
- 19 Word Problem Tests
- 14 Tables & Graphs Tests (Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced)
- 9 Number Series Tests ((Basic, Intermediate, and Advanced)
- 17 Study Guides & Video Tutorials
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Navigating BlackRock's Rigorous Recruitment Process
BlackRock’s recruitment process is designed to push you beyond standard evaluations, testing not only your skills in the financial industry but also your ability to align with its high-performing culture. Each stage is meticulously crafted to identify the best of the best, making the journey both rigorous and competitive.
What sets BlackRock apart is its unique approach to candidate evaluation. Instead of a traditional written cover letter, you’ll record one, requiring both clarity of thought and effective communication under pressure. Additionally, while every candidate faces the challenge of an online assessment, the specifics vary: software engineering applicants must excel in a coding assessment, while others tackle a demanding numerical reasoning test.
Why It's Worth the Effort?
Mastering these assessments is your key to securing a position at BlackRock, a global leader in the finance sector. Success can open doors to career-defining opportunities, with access to mentorship, growth pathways, and the chance to work on impactful projects shaping the future of finance.
Inside the BlackRock Recruitment Process: What to Expect and How to Succeed
Success in this process requires preparation, precision, and the ability to adapt to BlackRock’s innovative methods. Are you ready to meet the challenge?
The BlackRock recruitment process for non-software engineering positions typically includes the following steps:
- Online application via the BlackRock site.
- Recorded cover letter (by HireVue).
- Numerical reasoning assessment.
- Interview (2 or 3 rounds, depending on the position. Can be administered online or on-site).
The BlackRock recruitment process for software engineering positions typically includes the following steps:
- Online application via the BlackRock site.
- Online coding assessment + a recorded cover letter question (by HireVue)
- Interview (2 or 3 rounds, depending on the position. Can be administered online or on-site).
Note: Other investment banks offer summer programs and internships, such as Houlihan Lokey and Citadel Investments.
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BlackRock Numerical Reasoning Test: What to Expect and How to Ace It
For some applicants, those who apply for nun-software engineering positions, the next BlackRock online assessment is a Numerical Reasoning test.
This assessment measures your ability to analyse, interpret and use numerical data. It can be presented in charts, graphs, tables, word problems, and number series questions.
You will need to demonstrate basic mathematical principles such as percentages, ratios, and fractions.
The test usually consists of 20 multiple-choice questions, with a time limit of about 1 minute for each question.
Let’s see how it looks –
BlackRock Online Assessment – Numerical Reasoning Sample Question #1
The following is a comparison of four companies (in millions of $).
What is the Corporate Tax rate?
BlackRock Online Assessment – Numerical Reasoning Sample Question #2
“Transcriptions Now!” is a company that hires people to transcribe audio files. The fastest transcriber can transcribe 75 words per minute (WPM) while the slowest transcriber can only transcribe 70 WPM. How many less hours would it take the fastest transcriber to transcribe an audio file with 7,500 words in comparison to the slowest transcriber?
What is the Corporate Tax rate?
The correct answer is (B) 5⁄42.
In order to find the time it would take each transcriber to transcribe 7,500 words, we can formulate the following equation based on the Work-Rate formula (work=rate*time):
t = 7,500/rate
Fastest transcriber: t = 7,500/75 = 100 minutes.
Slowest transcriber: t = 7,500/70 = 107 1⁄7 minutes.
Therefore, the fastest transcriber can complete the task in 107 1⁄7 – 100 = 7 1⁄7 = 50⁄7 minutes less than the slowest transcriber.
However, the question is asking for the number of HOURS. Thus, we need to divide the result by 60:
BlackRock Online Assessment – Numerical Reasoning Sample Question #3
Approximately what proportion of US and Australia IT unemployed in 2006 were US residents?
BlackRock Online Assessment – Numerical Reasoning Sample Question #4
0.35 | 1 | 3.6 | ? | 55.6
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How to Stand Out in Your BlackRock Virtual Cover Letter
The first BlackRock online assessment is a virtual cover letter, replacing the traditional written one. The BlackRock Virtual Cover Letter is a short HR pre-recorded interview, provided by HireVue.
In this one-way video interview, you won't have any direct interaction with your interviewer. Instead, you'll be on your own, facing the camera, recording your response to the questions you will be given.
You will get 2 questions. For each question, you will have 3 minutes to prepare your answer and 90 seconds to record it. The process takes about 10 minutes to complete, and you must do it in one sitting.
The questions typically focus on your motivation for joining BlackRock and helping the HR team understand what sets you apart from other candidates.
The BlackRock virtual cover letter invitation will be sent immediately after you submit your application. Once you receive the invitation, you have 72 hours to send your response.
Your virtual cover letter will be reviewed by your recruiters, who will decide if you are moving to the next step of the recruitment process.
The Prep That Gives You the Competitive Edge
- HireVue Pre-Recorded Interview Preparation - Elevate your performance with our Interactive Video Interview Guide and Platform. Practice with HireVue-specific questions and expert tips to confidently tackle every challenge. Gain the skills and poise to make a lasting impression and move one step closer to your dream role.
- Numerical Reasoning Test Practice - Refine your numerical reasoning abilities with over 60 targeted drills covering every question type and difficulty level. Enhance your analytical skills, boost your accuracy, and gain the competitive edge needed to excel in the recruitment process and beyond.
BlackRock Coding Assessment
For candidates who apply for software engineering positions, the next BlackRock online assessment is the CodeVue assessment (by HireVue).
The BlackRock Coding Assessment evaluates if you have the skills needed in positions that involve coding and development, such as data science, database programming, and software programming.
The test consists of 6 coding questions and a pre-recorded interview question. The process takes about 90 minutes to complete.
Once you receive the invitation, you have 4 days to submit your assessment.
Kickstart Your Finance Career with BlackRock’s Internship and Spring Programmes
BlackRock Summer Internship
Like most major financial firms, BlackRock offers a Summer Internship, exposing students to the real world of working in finance.
The BlackRock Summer Internship is an eight-week programme that not only gives you experience and essential insights and tools as an Analyst, but also amps up your resume and launches your career in finance.
The programme is for students in their penultimate year of study and obtaining their bachelor’s or master’s degree.
During the BlackRock Summer Internship, you will receive on-the-job training and responsibilities while participating in the mentoring programme, networking meetups, and speaker series.
BlackRock Spring Week
Similar to the summer internship, BlackRock offers a Spring insight programme for students graduating from an undergraduate or master’s degree.
The BlackRock Spring Week provides a glimpse into the financial world with work shadowing, networking, and group projects.
FAQs
The BlackRock online assessment is an evaluation of the skills and abilities required for working in BlackRock. The BlackRock assessment can include a Virtual Cover Letter, a Numerical Reasoning test, and a Coding test.
The BlackRock Virtual Cover Letter is a pre-recorded interview, provided by HireVue, replacing the traditional written cover letter you submit with your application.
It usually includes 2 HR questions, and you will have 3 minutes to prepare your answer and 90 seconds to record it.
The Blackrock Coding Assessment evaluates the abilities and skills of candidates who apply for software engineering positions. Provided by HireVue, it includes 6 coding assignments and one HR pre-recorded interview question.