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I applied through a recruiter. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Dec 2015
Interview
Interviewer started off with Resume Discussion and OS Related Quick Questions.
then Moved on to some multithreaded related questions as well, i.e. how to handle the cases wherein limited time is there for a needed response
he seemed friendly and did give hints and aided in thinking during the course of interview
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Send a Tree across a Wire
- i.e. an M -Ary Tree is to be transmitted across a network ,
and the same has to be built on the other side.
void send (Node* n)
{
print n->name, n->level;
foreach(n: children)
send(children);
}
15 minutes talking about resume, 45 minutes for 2 medium leetcode style coding questions (using code share), the interviewer was very friendly and communication is even more important than passing all test cases.
Overall, it was a positive and professional interview experience, though the interviewer was on the stricter side. Unfortunately, I was dealing with an illness and wasn't able to prepare as thoroughly as I wanted to, which left me feeling a bit off throughout the conversation. Despite not feeling my best and facing a tough interviewer, the process was well-structured.
Fairly simple. Phone call then onsite. For onsite it was 10 min office tour follow by 1 hr interview then 1 hours system design and 30 mins manager interview. Interviewers were nice and the recruiter was accommodating.