As a leader in financial information services, Bloomberg interview process is rigorous. Below is an overview of each stage and sample questions you may encounter.
Bloomberg VO Interview Stages
1. Resume Screening
Highlight relevant fintech projects, programming skills, and understanding of Bloomberg’s platforms.
2. Phone Interview
Conducted by HR to assess motivation, communication skills, and basic behavioral fit.
3. Technical Interview
Multiple rounds focusing on data structures, algorithms, coding, and system design discussions.
4. Onsite Interview
In-person rounds with team members and managers, including technical, behavioral, and case-based questions.
5. Group Interview (if applicable)
Especially for sales or analytics roles, you may participate in group exercises to demonstrate teamwork and problem-solving.
Sample VO Questions
Algorithm & Data Structure
Moving Average: Implement a MovingAverage class that:
- Initializes with window size
N. - Implements
next(val)that adds a new value and returns the current moving average inO(1)time.
class MovingAverage:
def __init__(self, N: int):
pass
def next(self, val: float) -> float:
pass
System Design
Design a distributed storage system for massive financial datasets that supports:
- High-throughput inserts and updates
- Low-latency queries
- Fault tolerance via replication and partitioning
Outline your architecture, partitioning strategy, and query optimizations.
Algorithm & Programming
Stock Trading: Given prices array of daily stock prices, implement:
maxProfit(prices)to compute maximum profit with at most two transactions.- Analyze time and space complexity.
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