Applied online.

After a month, I had a phone interview screening scheduled. However, the interviewer was unable to make it that day. I wasn't informed of this until after the scheduled interview time, and I had to ask the HR person. The process felt a bit disorganized.

A few weeks later, another HR recruiter contacted me, and we scheduled another phone interview. This time, it went smoothly. During the interview, we briefly discussed my resume before moving to an online coding platform for some coding exercises. I was required to write the code and then explain it to the interviewer, including how it would handle edge cases. The coding section seemed designed to assess proficiency in the language (C/C++) rather than focus on tricky algorithm questions, with an emphasis on pointers, references, and type conversion.

A week later, I was scheduled for an onsite interview at their headquarters in NYC.

There were four rounds in total, each lasting 45 minutes to an hour, starting at 11:15 AM and concluding early in the afternoon:

• Technical Rounds: Two rounds with engineers who presented coding questions. I was expected to write solutions on a small writing pad. The questions focused on data structures, starting with easier problems and then introducing restrictions to increase difficulty, testing my knowledge depth.
• Manager Meeting: I met with a very nice manager who asked behavioral questions. His intention seemed to be introducing the company culture and management style, and assessing mutual fit.
• HR Round: The final round was with an HR representative. We discussed my interest in Bloomberg, my coursework, my schedule and availability, and any other offers I had.

Overall, the interview scheduling process was long and drawn out, with occasional delays in HR responses. The interviews themselves were smooth and quite enjoyable.

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