Random stuff. Off the wall. Extreme, irrelevant technical detail.

It's mostly about throwing you off guard and pushing you into unfamiliar territory, to test your limits. That's because you have to tolerate being broken repeatedly in order to survive the work environment.

You are expected to grovel without showing it, without making it obvious to anyone that groveling is occurring. This is an important qualification for working at Bloomberg, since it is what you will be doing most of the time.

Suppose you had to rebuild Times Square while it was occupied, replacing all of the materials. How would you do it? What problems would be encountered using this method?

Implement a heap sort in C++ STL.