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.
I applied online. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Jul 2021
Interview
Telephonic Round: LC medium question.
Video Interview Round: LC-easy question with time complexity analysis and followup.
System Design: Easy design question.
HR and Manager round: Behavioural question.
I liked their interview process except the fact that they really stretched out the time in informing me that my application was a reject. I had another existing offer which I had to accept/reject within 3-4 days, and I asked my recruiter at Bloomberg to expedite the process and inform me about the final decision within a week. But they really didn't care, and even after the final interview round, they took a long time to get back to me. It seemed they had already rejected me a while ago but just didn't care to inform me immediately.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
LC easy-medium in coding rounds, a system design question about designing alter system. HR round involving leadership questions and "What do you expect to get out of working at Bloomberg?"
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.
5 rounds first 3 being leetcode coding ones and the last 2 being behavioral. The first three are the hardest asking mainly taggeed questions and the rest are not that bad