Bloomberg interview notes, page 10 of 14

“I knew BFS immediately but fumbled on the state representation for a bit.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Bloomberg, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I had a rough draft of this in my head but it came out kind of scattered.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Bloomberg, Hiring Manager Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“The part that tripped me up was the 'what you personally owned' distinction.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Bloomberg, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one tripped me up more than I expected.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Bloomberg, Onsite - System Design / Architecture round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“My first instinct was DFS and I coded that up fine, but then they asked me to redo it with BFS and I fumbled a bit with the queue initialization.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Bloomberg, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“This one had a lot of moving parts and I underestimated the resize case early on.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Bloomberg, Onsite - Coding / Algorithms round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I started with sorted array out of habit and the interviewer just kind of waited.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Bloomberg, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“I stared at the example for longer than I'd like to admit.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Bloomberg, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“It's LeetCode 994 with a coat of paint, which I actually recognized pretty quickly.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Bloomberg, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.

“Recognized it pretty fast as the rotting oranges problem with a costume on.” The rest of the author's notes on Software Engineer interview at Bloomberg, Technical Phone Screen round, covers how they worked through the question, what the panel pushed back on, and what they would do differently.