I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Bloomberg
Interview
first step was solving an easy leetcode-like question online,
then on campus interview that started with 1 hour mini coding project, than two coding/behavioral/design interviews
last step 1 hour HR behavioral interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
first step Q: remove excessive blanks from a string.
on campus Qs: design cmd-like file manager (creating new file/folder, print file tree).
return a random permutation of integers 1...N (you have a function that returns a random number in range [1,N]).
same question now do it using the function only once.
implement a smart pointer.
tell us about a project you did (and follow up question about that).
questions about c++.
HR interview:
why bloomberg?
what you learned about bloomberg in your onsite interviews?
thing you good at, thing you don't good at.
lots of follow ups
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Jan 2020
Interview
Met a recruiter at a boot camp hiring event and received a phone interview within a couple of weeks. I did not make it any further than the phone screening.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interviewer asked me about previous projects and technology choices, then gave me a simple (~leetcode easy) problem to code through. He wanted to optimize it and talk through my though process.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Feb 2020
Interview
Phone interview was 1 LC easy, current work and BB culture.
Onsite 2 interviews, each round had 2 LC medium BB category questions. Interviewers were friendly and understanding to an extent. Fun experience, not much behavioral. I believe sometimes they just interview candidates with no intention of handing out offers (looks like I was one of them).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
LC Grid dfs, level order traversal, classic BB invalid transactions and binary search question (find nth root?