I applied online. The process took 6 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Dec 2020
Interview
The interview process consists of several rounds of interviews, starting with the usual leetcode-style problems. However, the last step I reached was a System Design interview, which was unexpected given I was applying for a summer internship as a student.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interviews started with leetcode-style problems, progressing towards system design questions in later stages.
I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY)
Interview
First round was given a leetcode hard (only 1 question), similar to the N-Queens problem. Study backtracking, BFS, DFS, and matrix type problems. Some standard behavioral questions. Interview was 45 mins long.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Why Bloomberg? If you had all the time in the world to work on a past project, what would you add/do?
The interview process was made out of 5 rounds ( 2 DSA, 1 system design, 1 recruiter and 1 manager talk ). One of the DSA interviews and the system design interview were in the same day.
I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Dec 2025
Interview
Standard Behavioral where I was asked about my experiences,
R1: Candy Crush & Swap Adjacent Nodes
R2: Smallest Amount of Changes needed to the two strings an anagram & Subsets 1