I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Oct 2018
Interview
Interviewers all started off by asking about my past work experience and my various projects. In total, I did one technical phone interview and two technical on campus interviews. I answered the questions all correctly with multiple efficient solutions. For instance, in one of those rounds, I gave an efficient iterative approach and then an efficient recursive approach for the first question. The next question was a string question I solved using two different languages, one where strings are mutable, and the other where strings aren't mutable. Last question was a design question. From all three rounds, I had a total of 8 different problems asked. Was told that I would hear back in a week but three weeks later, I got an email from HR saying that all positions have been filled. I wasn't even given a chance to do a final round on-site. It really breaks your spirit when this happens ... honestly, what could I have possibly done wrong?
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Interviewers were more concerned with the technical skills over work experience and project backgrounds. Make sure you know your data structures like linked lists and binary search trees. Also know your searching and sorting algorithms (I was asked to implement merge sort). They might also ask you an object oriented design question.
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.
The entire process was a bit chaotic, I spent a bit of time going back a fourth with my recruiter to schedule the interview by the time i was able to i believe they had already moved forward with a different candidate. My interviewer ended the interview early and had no interest in me at all.