I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Dec 2020
Interview
First round was a phone interview with an engineer on hackerrank. First 5-ish minutes we discussed what he does and the various teams at Bloomberg. Then, 45 minutes of Hackerrank and finally a bit of time for questions at the end.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2 leetcode mediums although I can't remember what they were. Involved hashmaps/hashsets
Fair, from leetcode 150, as long as you grind leetcode would be good. First round was one question. Second round another tech question, if you don’t pass you don’t go to the next interview for super day
Chat with alumni in the career fair
R1: two lc problems ( bfs + lru )
R2: system design
R3: behavior question
R4: EM asked some questions about the projects on my resume
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The challenges I've faced in my projects and how did I solve the problems
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Bloomberg
Interview
I've only done the first round so far. It was 10 minutes of resume diving and behavioral, and then 50 minute technical. They asked easy/medium leetcode question. This was an online interview done over zoom.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Identify a 'coolstring' which has the same frequency of every character.