The process consisted in 2 technical coding interviews (45 min each with 10min about your background)
The last interview was with the recruiting HR to dive more deeply into the resume (30 min also)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
one problem was about string manipulation, the other on heap
I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Mar 2022
Interview
1st round phone screen asked for introduction and an interesting project on your resume. I guess my project was not interesting enough. Got interrupted and moved on to coding problems suddenly. All of which made it looked like it was just a process. They don't really care about what it was as long as you described it cheerfully.
The first question was to design a subway class that has a method to get the average passing time between 2 stations in a time complexity O(1). The interviewer gave it as if it was a system design question. Talked about consuming other objects as well. When I stuck, he just randomly hinted me with a checkIn(int id, string stationName, int t) method that I could design first. After the interview I googled and it appeared to be leetcode #1396, but he described it in a much complexing and confusing way. There's no chance a candidate would understand his hit if they hadn't done the same problem before.
The second question was more of a traditional coding problem that I was expected. I googled later, similar to flatten a multilevel LinkedList (#430).
It was hard for a new grad, not to mention for a candidate who don't have cs background. This company doesn't welcome non-cs not as they emphasize. The whole value diversity thing is a fraud. They just want a leetcode machine who have at least done/memorized 500+ medium-hard problems and can talk code. Seriously, no wonder most of the posts are no-offers.
Lastly, don't apply if you haven't done/memorize much of leetcode. Otherwise it will be only humiliation.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
introduction, interesting project, system design, flatten multilevel linked list
I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Londen, Engeland) in Sep 2021
Interview
Firstly, I had a phone interview, lasting aprox 45 mins. I had to answer somw questions about my previous experience and why I want to join Bloomberg, then I had to solve a problem on HackerRank.
After this, I moved on to the virtual onsite, which consisted of a coding interview and a system design interview. The coding interview was pretty much the same as the first one, but it was not telephonic and there were 2 interviewers with me in conversation. The system design interview was more difficult. I didn't pass it.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why I want to join Bloomberg, What projects have I worked on before