I applied through university. I interviewed at Bloomberg
Interview
Began through on-campus interview. 2 on 1 interview, 2 coding questions over 1 hour. Questions were straightforward and focused on problem-solving and communication, with direction from interviewers when asked. I passed the first round and they asked if I was available to stay for a second. Upon saying no (I had class right after) they offered to fly me to NYC.
In NYC, I went through 2 additional 1 hr technical rounds, with questions increasing in difficulty. Questions ranged from the design of distributed system to implementing and applying an LRU cache. After this, an HR representative chatted with me for 20 minutes. Finally, a manager came in for 30 minutes and asked me a final technical question.
I received an offer 6 days later.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
(starting question) Find second smallest element element in binary search tree
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