Arbitrary interview criteria depending on team & interviewers. Non-meritocratic.

Telephonic interviews with two different teams followed by onsite interviews with two teams. Interviewers themselves were very varied in their CS skill level as well as interviewing skills.

Most interviews were 2:1, which was quite distracting as I did have the other interviewer interrupt & lead in a different direction. Overall, I did quite well but was eventually told that one team had to move fast to fill the position, while the other team was a misfit.

I've interviewed with several companies in the past year, and I've found the process at Bloomberg quite arbitrary, confusing, & non-meritocratic (something which they strive really hard to be).

Standard algorithmic questions