BlackRock HireVue Mock Interview

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

Question 16 of 30

What is your personal purpose?

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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.

This company-centric question aims to reveal how aligned you are with their core values, mission statements, and value propositions. They want to know how you bring your passions to what you do professionally. How well you answer this may set you apart from the other candidates. If you feel like the right fit, it will seem you are already a part of their team. Convey your like-mindedness and that it will take no time during your onboarding to get up to speed.

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Before your interview, research the company, and learn everything about the company purpose and the personal purpose they expect their employees to have. "At BlackRock, we believe we're at our best when our employees connect their personal purpose to their work and our firm's purpose. In our 'What's Your Why' series, employees share how they bring their passions to what they do. BlackRock's purpose is to help more and more people experience financial well-being. We rely on our principles to guide how we interact with each other, our clients, the communities in which we operate, and all of our other stakeholders. These principles represent our core values, our aspirations, and our cultural language, lived and embraced by every employee at our firm."

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The assessment model will study your behavior to ascertain if you believe in what you are saying. So answer with sincerity and align your interests with theirs. This can be done easily if you have done your homework on the company and yourself.

Kevin Downey

"I would say it has been my purpose for some time now to provide people with power over their money. Your money can work against you, or it can work for you. All you need is just a little to get started. I'm here to help my clients get started and keep growing."

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30BlackRock, Inc. Interview Questions & Answers

Behavioral

1.How do you promote your own well-being?

2.Tell me about the last time someone gave you unsolicited feedback.

Career Goals

3.How did you come to choose your career?

Career Goals

4.How can we motivate you?

Teamwork

5.How important is it for you to cultivate relationships at work?

Compatibility

6.Why should we hire you over another equally-qualified candidate?

Career Goals

7.Why are you currently looking for employment?

Communication

8.Tell me about a time you had to break bad news to a client.

Diversity

9.How do you feel about working for a company that celebrates and promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion?

Accomplishment

10.Tell me about yourself.

Teamwork

11.Do you prefer to work independently or as part of a team?

Adaptability

12.Geographically, where would you like your career to take you?

Education

13.Tell me about the last time you actively sought to learn something new at work.

Career Goals

14.Why do you want to work with BlackRock?

Competency

15.Who are BlackRock's clients?

Compatibility

16.What is your personal purpose?

Diligence

17.Have you ever violated a verbal or written confidentiality agreement?

Leadership

18.When was the last time you exhibited real leadership potential?

Education

19.Tell us about your professional education.

Career Goals

20.Where would you like BlackRock to take your career?

Salary

21.What kind of salary are you looking for?

22.How would you describe your emotional ownership?

Tough

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?

Customer Service

24.Tell me about the last time had to deal with a demanding client while you were busy with other things on the job.

Compatibility

25.Tell me about the last time you were able to advance your career goals at work.

Creative Thinking

26.Tell me about the last time you were passionate about finding a better way to do something at work.

Diligence

27.Have you ever stolen supplies from work?

Diligence

28.Have you ever suffered from the consequences of doing the right thing?

Diligence

BlackRock HireVue Mock Interview

What is your personal purpose?

30BlackRock, Inc. Interview Questions & Answers

1.How do you promote your own well-being?

2.Tell me about the last time someone gave you unsolicited feedback.

3.How did you come to choose your career?

4.How can we motivate you?

5.How important is it for you to cultivate relationships at work?

6.Why should we hire you over another equally-qualified candidate?

7.Why are you currently looking for employment?

8.Tell me about a time you had to break bad news to a client.

9.How do you feel about working for a company that celebrates and promotes diversity, equity, and inclusion?

10.Tell me about yourself.

11.Do you prefer to work independently or as part of a team?

12.Geographically, where would you like your career to take you?

13.Tell me about the last time you actively sought to learn something new at work.

14.Why do you want to work with BlackRock?

15.Who are BlackRock's clients?

16.What is your personal purpose?

17.Have you ever violated a verbal or written confidentiality agreement?

18.When was the last time you exhibited real leadership potential?

19.Tell us about your professional education.

20.Where would you like BlackRock to take your career?

21.What kind of salary are you looking for?

22.How would you describe your emotional ownership?

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?

24.Tell me about the last time had to deal with a demanding client while you were busy with other things on the job.

25.Tell me about the last time you were able to advance your career goals at work.

26.Tell me about the last time you were passionate about finding a better way to do something at work.

27.Have you ever stolen supplies from work?

28.Have you ever suffered from the consequences of doing the right thing?

29.Tell me about the last time your sense of integrity was put to the test.

30.Tell me about the last time you made a mistake that impacted your work.