I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Jan 2021
Interview
First round phone interview (1 interviewer): solving a medium-level algorithm problem
Second round video interview (2 interviewers): details about the past projects; a medium-level algorithm problem.
All the 3 interviewers were very nice and helpful. But finally I was rejected. The feedback from the second round is something like "doubt of teamwork ability of the applicant". I think I emphasized my work in the background explanation part, which could be avoided next time :(. Anyway it was a great interview experience where I learned a lot.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
R1: a medium-level algorithm problem (writing the code in an editor). After figuring out the solution, the interviewer asked something about the intrinsic of the data structures I was using (like hashmaps, vectors).
Chat with alumni in the career fair
R1: two lc problems ( bfs + lru )
R2: system design
R3: behavior question
R4: EM asked some questions about the projects on my resume
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The challenges I've faced in my projects and how did I solve the problems
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Bloomberg
Interview
I've only done the first round so far. It was 10 minutes of resume diving and behavioral, and then 50 minute technical. They asked easy/medium leetcode question. This was an online interview done over zoom.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Identify a 'coolstring' which has the same frequency of every character.
The entire process was a bit chaotic, I spent a bit of time going back a fourth with my recruiter to schedule the interview by the time i was able to i believe they had already moved forward with a different candidate. My interviewer ended the interview early and had no interest in me at all.