I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Nov 2021
Interview
Overall, I had a great experience interacting with the recruiting team. They always answered in a timely manner and were open to negotiations. Another positive trait was that they gave me detailed feedback on my interview. Nothing really to complain about since everyone showed engagement in the process, yet one of them had a rather condescending attitude toward me.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
For a system design interview round, I got a task to design a digest collection and notification system. In a nutshell, data is digested from multiple sources and users are notified at configured intervals about recent events. The coding interview rounds had the following problems: - A candy crush-like problem - Count the number of islands - Given a number of exchange operating hours, determine whether a trade with the specified start and end time could be performed - Design a response buffering class
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.