I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Dec 2025
Interview
1. Apply via referral
2. phone screen
3. virtual onsite (back-to-back): 2 tech + 1 hr
4. em round
failed the second tech round VO2, the interviewer does not seem to understand my solution
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. phone screen: validate binary search tree (lc 98 or something) + decode string
2. vo 1: word match (like "aapll"->"apple" based on the given dictionary) + binary tree vertical traversal
3. vo 2: tilt the marble norh - seems this coding problem is designed by the interviewer. I am convinced I came up with a solution with linear time complexity and write my codes, but he does not seem to understand my solution. Also he has strong accent.
I was reached out by the recruiter directly through LinkedIn. I was asked one medium and one hard LeetCode-style question, with a few follow-ups. It started with a general introduction.
5 rounds they are all bloomberg tagged question i didn’t pass em round went deep in tour resume another leetcode question and q&a at the end. In retrospect, i thought I did well but maybe their bar this year is high.
5 rounds 3 tech 1 hr 1 em - they asked a couple leetcode mediums and I know others have gotten some hards I think you should prep the leetcode tagged they are asked a lot