tatus: Junior, B.Tech. CSE, GSoC, One past internship at a local startup.
Position: Software Engineering Intern at Bloomberg L.P.
Location: London, UK
Applied online without referral, got invitation for technical phone interview within 4 days.
Technical phone screen 1:
- Time: 51 minutes
- Why Bloomberg?
- 5-6 trivia questions on OOP concepts.
- One algorithmic coding question accompanied by a follow up. Both were to be coded on Hackerrank code pair.
- Difficulty Leetcode Medium.
3 Onsite Interviews:
1. Algorithmic:
- Time: 45 minutes
- Two interviewers each of them asked one question each. First one was to be written on paper and second one on code pair.
- Difficulty: Leetcode Easy-Medium.
2. System Design:
- Time: More than 1 hour.
- Interview with a team manager.
- General chat about how I developed interest in CS, Why Bloomberg, Aspirations in life.
- He explained one of the problem that his team works on. Then we discussed several approaches to solve it under varying constraints.
- Finally he asked me to write simple code to reflect one the solutions I proposed.
3. HR round:
- Time: 30 minutes
- Detailed discussion on the resume. With focus on past experiences and internships.
- General chat about the career path in Bloomberg, their intern programme.
- Some HR type questions like Where do you see yourself in 5 years?
Received a phone call from HR after 10 days about the selection.