I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Apr 2017
Interview
Applied online. Got an email two months later asking to proceed to a phone screen. The phone interview went smoothly. First, the interviewer asked about my previous work and project experiences. Then, I solved a code challenge with him on hackerrank.
I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Mar 2017
Interview
The phone interview went pretty well. The interviewer just asked few questions like why bloomberg and favorite project. Then a technical problem which is the same as leetcode 273.
I didn't do well for I forgot to consider some corner cases.
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Apr 2017
Interview
1 technical phone interview + 4 rounds onsite. 2 technical rounds with engineers, 1 with HR and 1 with engineering manager (semi technical). Heavy emphasis on resume related questions. Know your resume like the back of your hand. Spend time on the technical details of all the projects you list there.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Phone interview - Leetcode #34 (search for a range)
Onsite round 1 - Leetcode #117 (populating next pointers in trees), check if a linkedlist is a palindrome
Onsite round 2 - data structure question about stock ticker, one open ended question related to my background.
HR round - About career interests, expectations, background and past projects.
Engineer Manager - A very deep discussion on one of my past projects, culture fit discussions.