Bloomberg Software Engineer interview experience

I met an interviewer who was genuinely understanding and kept the conversation moving while I worked through a medium-difficulty coding problem. I wasn’t just expected to reach an answer—I had to explain my approach as I went and talk through the time complexity. The dynamic felt iterative, like we went back and forth during the problem.

I passed that round, but then I ran into the next technical interview and ended up failing it. What made it frustrating was that the second question seemed easier than the first, yet I still couldn’t execute the way they wanted. I walked out feeling like the