The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg
Interview
The worst interview experience I’ve ever gone through. One interviewer was great - very friendly, communicated well, asked me good questions and worked with me through the technical problem. The other interviewer was awful. Refused to let me code my solution unless I did it exactly how he wanted, constantly talked over me, and nitpicked every bit of my approach even if it didn’t have any relevance to the problem at hand. On top of that he was condescending throughout the entire interview.
I’ve interviewed with many companies ranging from Big Tech to small startups and I’ve never had such a terrible interview experience. You would think a big company like Bloomberg would vet their interviewers and not put such a terrible interviewer in a position to represent their company.
The interview process shouldn’t be so subjective such that the outcome of the interview depends on whether or not your interviewer was having a bad day.
Awful experience and will not be applying here in the future.
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.
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