I was referred by a friend who works in their SF office. I then filled out an online application, had a technical phone screen during which there was no live coding, an on-site interview, and then a final recruiter screen.

I am a bootcamp grad, and I found their process to be incredibly fair.

The on-site interview consisted of a few meetings with managers where I was told about the team and the kind of work they do, followed by a 2+ hour pair programming exercise. My computer was connected to a screen, and they gave me a real-world problem to solve.

They take mentorship and teaching really seriously in that office, and people love working at Bloomberg.

Talk about a project you've done. How would you optimize it, what APIs did you use, and explain how those APIs work.

At the on-site, I wrote a search feature for a large dataset that required some cleanup.