Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Bloomberg with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 52.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 5 days to get hired, when considering 1 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Bloomberg overall takes an average of 29 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Bloomberg as a Software Engineer according to 1 Glassdoor interviews include:
Background check: 50%
Phone interview: 50%
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1st round was a short call with HR, just introducing the company and the opportunity. After that, you'll move to the 5 technical rounds, mainly leetcode style coding questions. One or two interviewers will join, go over your resume, ask resume related questions, then start coding questions.
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Question 1
Explain the project you worked on in your previous internship
The interview process consisted of three technical coding rounds focused on data structures and algorithms, followed by one behavioral HR round and a final discussion with the hiring manager to assess overall fit and experience.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked me to solve the Subsets II problem, focusing on handling duplicate elements correctly while generating all unique subsets using recursion and backtracking.
I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Oct 2025
Interview
Interview process was 3 rounds of DSA, one HR round then Engineering Manager round. DSA was largely based on questions from bloomberg tagged on leetcode, he was behavioral, and engineering Manager round was system design.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Asked me questions on how to design a Bloomberg style of system.