I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Jan 2021
Interview
First round phone interview (1 interviewer): solving a medium-level algorithm problem
Second round video interview (2 interviewers): details about the past projects; a medium-level algorithm problem.
All the 3 interviewers were very nice and helpful. But finally I was rejected. The feedback from the second round is something like "doubt of teamwork ability of the applicant". I think I emphasized my work in the background explanation part, which could be avoided next time :(. Anyway it was a great interview experience where I learned a lot.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
R1: a medium-level algorithm problem (writing the code in an editor). After figuring out the solution, the interviewer asked something about the intrinsic of the data structures I was using (like hashmaps, vectors).
Fair, from leetcode 150, as long as you grind leetcode would be good. First round was one question. Second round another tech question, if you don’t pass you don’t go to the next interview for super day
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.