Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Bloomberg with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied in-person. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Blacksburg, VA) in Oct 2025
Interview
I received an invitation to interview after attending some on campus events. I had two interviews: both in person. First interview I got a leetcode easy, solved it too fast so I got a hard directly after. Don’t make that mistake. I only had about 25 minutes to do a hard, and I did not complete it in time. However, I got the next round. The next round was a design question. I did not get final round, but that would’ve been a behavioral.
The interview process was straightforward and consisted of four main parts. It began with a brief introduction where I shared my background and interests. Next, I was asked to talk about a project I was most proud of, focusing on my role and impact. The third part was a discussion on why I was interested in the company and how my goals aligned with their mission. Finally, there was one coding question, where I needed to explain my thought process, handle edge cases, and analyze time and space complexity. Overall, the structure was clear and gave a good balance between technical and behavioral evaluation.
I applied online. The process took 5 days. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Frankfurt am Main) in May 2025
Interview
Das Bewerbungsgespräch war äußerst anspruchsvoll, da es primär darauf abzielte, die Performance unter extremem Zeitdruck sowie die Beherrschung von Nischen-Algorithmen zu testen, wobei der Fokus auf der schnellen Lösungsfindung und fehlerfreien Implementierung komplexer Hard-Level-Probleme lag; die Prüfung umfasste zwei Hauptaufgaben, von denen die erste eine Optimale Pfadsuche mit Bedingungen erforderte und eine modifizierte Form der Digit DP verlangte, um mehrere Zustände gleichzeitig effizient zu verfolgen und dabei die Zyklen und Pfadlängen zu optimieren, da Standard-DP-Ansätze als unzureichend galten;
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Calculate in logarithmic time the median of two sorted arrays.