I applied through university. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Feb 2026
Interview
neatly organised/implemented hierarchical method of interview:
technical live coding 1
technical live coding 2
technical live coding 3
system design discussion
HR interview
Pune manager interview
the interviewers were a bit of helping during the interview process when we struggle somewhere.
Interview questions [4]
Question 1
flatten a 2d linked list to a 1d linked list with a dfs type of procedure?
each node has a downptr and next ptr ; traverse downptr first and then next ;
u have to return a 1d linked list of such traversal using nextptr
classic subway station lines and stations in the lines question. where we have to find whether a particular end station is reachable or not from start station
I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY)
Interview
Very mid, Korean interviewer late for 15 mins and proceed to not clarify the tasked prompt. No API specs nor any output requirements. Very close to a asked a question no more clarification, if you didn't meet her thinking in mind than it would be a big NO.
only got through two technical rounds, but it was not too bad
Two LeetCode mediums in each interview
Simple resume questions for first 10 mins
i think next round would be EM/HR
I applied through university. I interviewed at Bloomberg
Interview
First round on zoom, second round at my university career center. Spent 10 minutes on my resume, then 2 basic easy-medium leetcode questions, then another 5-10 minutes to ask questions to interviewer