I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Oct 2016
Interview
Applied through college fair. Got an email later for an On Campus Interview and got a callback for a second round. Most of the questions were in C++/Java. They also wanted me to know everything about my Resume.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Number of ways to get from one corner of a grid to the opposite corner.
Second round was a data structures question.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg
Interview
I first submitted my resume online and i also went to the career fair on campus. Most of my friends got a in person interview but i only got a phone interview. Since I am only a sophomore, the interviewer only asked basic stuff like linked list and stack. The interviewer was pretty nice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
the first question is to write a factorial function, both iteratively and recursively. the second was to implement a linked list from scratch and then use that linked list to implement a stack. Then i was asked to reverse my linked list.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Oct 2016
Interview
First round was phone through Hackerrank: got a simple starting question (1 number missing from 1 - n, find that number), then 2 numbers missing, then a hard leetcode (not too difficult). Got through that, and then got invited to onsite. Typical onsite questions, two technical rounds (first was related to intersection of linked lists and a design question, second round was LRU cache + design question). I was moved on to a HR round (which presumably means that I passed technical rounds -- they kick you out after technical rounds if you don't pass apparently) and I thought the HR round went well. I had to leave early since I had my flight in an hour, but apparently there's a manager round right after. I thought I did well in my interview -- I answered the technical questions correctly for sure, so maybe there was room for improvement in my design question for round 2. Ended up getting a typical rejection email a week later, which kinda sucked since I got absolutely no feedback for what I could've improved on/what I could've done. I contacted my recruiter but I got no response, which seems cold. Any sort of help would've been nice; I understand that giving back feedback might put the company at risk but some sort of communication would've been better than a cold HR email with "No replies will be reached to the HR department." Sucks, wish the recruiter was much better. I had a good experience talking to the engineers during the on-site for sure, and the logistics were great. I just wish the feedback would've been better and the post-interview follow up was there.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1 number missing from 1 - n, 2 numbers missing, hard leetcode (phone)
LRU cache, intersection of linked lists, two design questions
typical HR questions related to resume