1. recruiter call
2. a coding screen for 1 hr, two questions (leetcode #3 and vertical scan a binary tree from left to right)
3. a coding screen and a system design screen, both are 1 hr long, the system design screen is to build a stock price alert system, ask many questions about scalability etc
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
the second coding round is an algorithm similar to the candy crush but in a 1d array, so like if there are more than k continuous same number, they need to be eliminated
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Dec 2025
Interview
First round is 60 mins coding. Was asked a stack based Algo and a backtracking question.
Second round is coding again. Was asked an intervals based question and another nested hashmap question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Was asked a stack based Algo and a backtracking question.
Phone call with HR about relevant experience and then a 45 minute live coding session with a medium ish difficulty leet code style problem, then I got a rejection email