The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Austin, TX) in Sept 2024
Interview
5 minutes of resume review. then a leetcode easy question. (isAnagaram). and then after that, it was a question about how i would make a design for a train station that requires average times and which data structure i would use.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Figure out if 2 given string are anagrams. Also hinted at checking if the word used numbers or capital letters.
given a subway station, how would you calculate average times between point x and y for a k number of people (times from the same destination and end can be different times because of train delays or whatever) Implement in (N) time.
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.