I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Jul 2022
Interview
Got an email that they'd like to interview. Sent a link to a HackerRank lobby that you have to join at an appointed time and wait in.
Then they call you. You pick up and they ask basic questions.
Then they start the coding exercise. I got a Heat Map question - write an algo that calculates the avg value of a part of the grid. 2D Array question.
They didn't want running code, they wanted to see.
It was hard for me but I solved it correctly - just not optimally. I could tell the interviewer didn't like my answer though.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
"Tell me about yourself"
"Describe 1 or 2 of your projects"
"What was the learning curve for a specific tech in your project?"
Overall, it was a positive and professional interview experience, though the interviewer was on the stricter side. Unfortunately, I was dealing with an illness and wasn't able to prepare as thoroughly as I wanted to, which left me feeling a bit off throughout the conversation. Despite not feeling my best and facing a tough interviewer, the process was well-structured.
Fairly simple. Phone call then onsite. For onsite it was 10 min office tour follow by 1 hr interview then 1 hours system design and 30 mins manager interview. Interviewers were nice and the recruiter was accommodating.
5 rounds first 3 being leetcode coding ones and the last 2 being behavioral. The first three are the hardest asking mainly taggeed questions and the rest are not that bad