I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in May 2020
Interview
I started with a Phone Screen with a dev where I was asked some general interview questions. After that I was passed to a multi-round interview. From what I read, I believe the process would have been 2 rounds of tech interviews with 2 devs each, then a manager round, and a final HR round.
The first tech round was fairly easy. Some medium/easy leetcode questions and questions to confirm my understand of tech concepts on my resume.
I struggled in the second round. The problem itself was very easy, but unlike on leetcode where you're give a clear input (array of ints), I was told to solve a problem to manage how many rooms I need given a list of meeting times. I had a hard time imagining the list of times as an input I could use for a function. I offered a solution the dev thought was valid but not ideal. It was very clear he wanted to come up with the solution he had in mind, but again I was struggling with visualizing the input.
Overall, I would say the experience was a plus since 3 of the 4 devs I talked to were polite and seemed interested in understanding my skills. But if you are stumbling with a question, try to ask the interviewer questions to see what he is trying to say as I had a hard time with his wording.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given 2d array with some cells as pantries, find the steps to the nearest pantries.
You are given a list of meeting times with start and end times, find the max number of rooms you need.
I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Nov 2020
Interview
The interviewers were nice people and certainly made me feel more comfortable, but the HR contact wasn't super responsive to emails. They also called to give me feedback, so that's nice.
I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Oct 2020
Interview
the process is pretty standard. i was first approached by a recruiter to schedule a technical interview via phone. heard back the result within a week, was invited for a second phone technical interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about yourself. Tell me about a project. Why Bloomberg?