I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Dec 2024
Interview
Unfortunately, my experience during the interview was not what I had anticipated. Despite preparing extensively over the last few months, I felt that the interviewers were not fully engaged. Their microphones were muted for significant portions of the session, and they mentioned being busy with other work. This gave me the impression that the interview was not a priority and left me feeling undervalued as a candidate.
I had been looking forward to this opportunity, and it was disappointing that my efforts didn’t receive the attention I believe they deserved. This experience left me feeling disrespected as an interviewee, which I did not expect from a company I greatly admire. I would advice anyone interviewing that don't keep your hopes high, it's random here.
For anyone wondering I also prepped 250+ LC tagged question along with other question (500+) and I gave the most optimal solution every time. It's just they were not even 1% interested to interview and just wanted to do their work and get it done somehow.
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Question 1
Have good knowledge of DSA and wish you get right interviewers or else you will just waste your time.
15 minutes talking about resume, 45 minutes for 2 medium leetcode style coding questions (using code share), the interviewer was very friendly and communication is even more important than passing all test cases.
Overall, it was a positive and professional interview experience, though the interviewer was on the stricter side. Unfortunately, I was dealing with an illness and wasn't able to prepare as thoroughly as I wanted to, which left me feeling a bit off throughout the conversation. Despite not feeling my best and facing a tough interviewer, the process was well-structured.
Fairly simple. Phone call then onsite. For onsite it was 10 min office tour follow by 1 hr interview then 1 hours system design and 30 mins manager interview. Interviewers were nice and the recruiter was accommodating.