BlackRock HireVue Mock Interview

Master 30 BlackRock HireVue questions covering digital screening, behavioral scenarios, and investment thinking.

WRITTEN BY KEVIN DOWNEY
QUESTION 4 OF 30

How can we motivate you?

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Why the Interviewer Asks This Question

This question aims to assess how career-focused you are and is a test of your professional worth. How you answer could reveal whether you look at your career through a big-picture lens or focus on more immediate, short-term goals. When sharing what motivates you and supports your career satisfaction, focus on your career goals and the timeline for reaching them rather than on financial rewards. Your merits will be rewarded accordingly, and you can save the salary talk for a more appropriate time.

Kevin Downey
Kevin Downey
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
What You Need to Know

In a blog on their website, they advise that you should "be open about your goals and where you see your career going. A good manager would want to co-own the process with you. Fostering open communication with your manager creates space to have that frank discussion. Candor is the biggest thing I think of when it comes to discussing and looking at internal mobility."

Kevin Downey
Kevin Downey
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
Tips

You can expect several career-oriented questions throughout your interview. Therefore, it is important to remain focused and ensure your responses are consistent. HireVue's assessment models will evaluate you for your consistency from one question to the next. Not only do you want to ensure your answers are consistent throughout your interview, but your performance as well. They even advertise on their website that they "Ensure hiring team consistency. Assess candidates consistently with evaluation guides built into the interview experience. Hiring teams can be instantly calibrated with provided job-related attributes and behavior examples validated by IO psychologists." They aim to provide "consistency to the interview process. Each candidate is asked the same questions and is reviewed using the same criteria. This, in turn, allows HireVue's customers to quickly hire better quality, more diverse applicants to fill their roles."

Kevin Downey
Kevin Downey
Kevin Downey has an extensive background in business management, recruiting, branding and marketing. He's volunteered his career coaching services at job fairs, lecturing on interview techniques and crafting winning resumes and cover letters.
Experienced

"BlackRock can motivate me by helping me reach my goals in the time frames I have set up for myself. I am very ambitious and have a career plan that I want to follow. If I feel I am growing professionally, I am motivated to keep at it."

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30 BlackRock, Inc. Interview Questions & Answers

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01 How do you promote your own well-being? BEHAVIORAL 02 Tell me about the last time someone gave you unsolicited feedback. EQ 03 How did you come to choose your career? CAREER GOALS 04 How can we motivate you? CAREER GOALS 05 How important is it for you to cultivate relationships at work? TEAMWORK 06 Why should we hire you over another equally-qualified candidate? COMPATIBILITY 07 Why are you currently looking for employment? CAREER GOALS 08 Tell me about a time you had to break bad news to a client. COMMUNICATION 09 How do you feel about working for a company that celebrates and promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion? DIVERSITY 10 Tell me about yourself. ACCOMPLISHMENT 11 Do you prefer to work independently or as part of a team? TEAMWORK 12 Geographically, where would you like your career to take you? ADAPTABILITY 13 Tell me about the last time you actively sought to learn something new at work. EDUCATION 14 Why do you want to work with BlackRock? CAREER GOALS 15 Who are BlackRock's clients? COMPETENCY 16 What is your personal purpose? COMPATIBILITY 17 Have you ever violated a verbal or written confidentiality agreement? DILIGENCE 18 When was the last time you exhibited real leadership potential? LEADERSHIP 19 Tell us about your professional education. EDUCATION 20 Where would you like BlackRock to take your career? CAREER GOALS 21 What kind of salary are you looking for? SALARY 22 How would you describe your emotional ownership? EQ 23 You have two quarters, eight dimes, three nickels, and one penny. Using all but three of your coins, what coins do you use to pay for an ice cream for $0.95? TOUGH 24 Tell me about the last time had to deal with a demanding client while you were busy with other things on the job. CUSTOMER SERVICE 25 Tell me about the last time you were able to advance your career goals at work. COMPATIBILITY 26 Tell me about the last time you were passionate about finding a better way to do something at work. CREATIVE THINKING 27 Have you ever stolen supplies from work? DILIGENCE 28 Have you ever suffered from the consequences of doing the right thing? DILIGENCE 29 Tell me about the last time your sense of integrity was put to the test. DILIGENCE 30 Tell me about the last time you made a mistake that impacted your work. EQ
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