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User-rav6iAug 24, 2026

Bloomberg phone screen, two coding problems in one hour

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noah.davisAug 24, 2026

seemed common when I went through bbg too, feels like their whole screen is built around trade off discussion more than raw leetcode

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User-azkunAug 24, 2026

wonder if the non monotonic timestamp follow up trips most people, that one caught me off guard too

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chloechen1998Aug 24, 2026

damn two problems in one hour is rough, sorry it didn't work out

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User-xzsc5Aug 24, 2026

did they make you actually run the code or just talk through it on hackerrank

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rohanverma95Aug 24, 2026

didn't have to run it but they def wanted you writing test cases yourself, no starter cases given

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User-ps4a7Aug 24, 2026

@ethanliu they mentioned no compiler run needed, just talk through logic and edge cases out loud

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gracewang22Aug 24, 2026

got the same balloon popping question last month, mine had a third part with variable spread times per cell, dijkstra territory

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