Bloomberg Sr Software Engineer interview questions

45 Phone Technical Interview session was setup on Hacker Rank followed by HR phone screening. First 10-15 min introduction talking with interviewer and then, followed by 30 min coding session to solve the problem in Hacker Rank. Please watch time on introduction session, it is better to use more time for problem solving. Problem solving time was too short.

After applying online, I had an initial call with a recruiter and arranged (via an online booking system) a 60 minute telephone / hackerrank tech screening. The tech screen was with a member of the team that I applied to. I was asked one larger problem that was mostly a test of basic design & data structures. I received positive feedback within a week and arranged the virtual on-site. In the next round were two more 60 minute coding interviews with a similar format but more members from the related teams (2 per interview), and of course via video conference. There were a total of three questions of different styles with different follow up questions. I did not find any of them specifically on leetcode but they were generally a chance to demonstrate the usual algorithm & data structures knowledge like arrays, graphs, time & space complexity etc plus some basic functional concepts. The interviewers were welcoming and helpful - in the first interview, the interviewer could see I was taking a more complicated path, and I was given some guidance toward a better option, which I followed. At this point there is a decision on whether to proceed to the afternoon. The result was positive so I then had: - An interview with the hiring manager - An HR interview - An interview with the manager of the hiring manager After the relative stress of the morning these were actually quite relaxed interviews / conversations without any focus on behavioural questions, more about interests and projects, and how they relate to the role - but this would probably vary depending on the team and role. I also learned a lot about the team and how everything works. Finally within a couple of days I had a shorter call with a more senior manager in New York, which again was not so much an interview as a conversation. Overall I was very impressed with the team, the culture and the obvious passion for technology, and I was actually quite sad to eventually have to decline the offer. (Note that the process was long, but largely this was because of my pacing out the interviews a bit, I think they are often much faster)