No HR call discussing the team or company. Instead, I received a direct email (this is a red flag, by the way).

The phone interview felt promising, as the interviewer was nice, giving me hope for a decent company culture.

Virtual onsite with the cloud team:

• The first round was a coding interview with two people. They seemed somewhat unaligned, but it was manageable. I provided a workable and efficient solution.
• The second round was system design. The prompt was "Web Application" design, which felt uninspired. When I tried to ask clarifying questions, the interviewers insisted on keeping the discussion high-level. Again, the two interviewers appeared unaligned, asking different and unusual questions. I proceeded by discussing everything in depth, communicating my thoughts and sketching them on the whiteboard.
• The third round was split between two managers: the direct manager for the position and the manager of managers. The first part of this round was good. However, the second part was very lame. I didn't sense any of Bloomberg's values from that manager.
• The fourth round was a no-show because the interviewer was out sick. I was not informed of this until I emailed them.

I've heard these experiences can be team-specific rather than indicative of Bloomberg as a whole, so I'm giving them the benefit of the doubt. However, there are many areas that could be improved.

Some sort of LeetCode meeting rooms II, and a very lame design web app.