#!process Bloomberg reject

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quaint plume
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after em?

nocturne shadow
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After bossing the second technical

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Surprised, but it’s all good

quaint plume
spiral hawk
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Yeah I also did very well during the second round but the guy was very rude for no reason

grizzled musk
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Did you solve both questions with optimal time/space?

nocturne shadow
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Communicated very well too

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Had a good convo at the end

grizzled musk
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Maybe talking about your experience at the start influenced it?

nocturne shadow
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I think I did well there. Followed star pretty well. It’s possible I didn’t emphasize growth there though

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Could be that

raw minnow
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Did you jump straight up to the solution or at least pretented you had to give it some thought?

nocturne shadow
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I gave a ton of thought

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Went through every step verbally, explained thought process

raw minnow
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I ask because If they see you answer if perfectly, quickly on the first try they might assume you knew the problem already

nocturne shadow
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Hmm I see. I did similar problems, but not the same

raw minnow
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As messed up as it sounds, they sorta like you to not know what you have to do and actually "come up" with something

nocturne shadow
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I did come up with stuff, maybe I was too quick

raw minnow
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Did you have a lot of time for both problems?

nocturne shadow
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I think so

raw minnow
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ok yeah, I think we might've reached the point in recruiting (atleast for BB) where good enough is not enough

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they might be only passing people who are strong hires now

nocturne shadow
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That’s possible

nocturne shadow
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I thought of the problem pretty quick

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Had a general idea on how to do it

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And then explained step by step

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Maybe it seemed like I was trying to be slow on purpose

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Idk, just speculating

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Maybe I should have struggled more idk

raw minnow
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In my case, I was only given 1 problem I actually had seen before, the others were absolutely from scratch

nocturne shadow
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I see, both of mine were new problems, but they were similar to ones I had done before

raw minnow
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so I guess I didn't have to pretend I didn't see them before 😆

nocturne shadow
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So I knew the general idea

nocturne shadow
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Damn it, that’s what practice does

raw minnow
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Yeah, they also sometimes like it when your first solution is not optimal and then you come up with something better

nocturne shadow
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Yeah that’s fair

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Probably should’ve done that

raw minnow
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it sounds ridiculous but with the leetcode frenzy you can't easily distinguish from clever devs and leetcode monkeys

nocturne shadow
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Yeah that’s fair

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I guess I lacked growth

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In general

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So they told me to get lost

somber palm
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Think it’s just interviewer dependent

nocturne shadow
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My second ones were nice

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But even though we spoke well

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My gut was telling me they’re a bit cold toward me

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Like very subtlety

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Idk if I was just imagining things, but idk

raw minnow
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Also, very importantly, when they ask "Do you have any questions" at the end... it's 100% a test and if you don't ask good questions they defo count it against you

nocturne shadow
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I thought my questions were really solid

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I’m blanking out on what I asked, but I had a good convo

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It’s possible maybe there was something I asked which they thought wasn’t a good question

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Idk though, I didn’t feel that

somber palm
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Sometimes it’s just luck, don’t worry too much about it if you felt like you did well, it’s not your fault

nocturne shadow
hearty glade
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How long after the round did u receive the reject in? Also, was it virtual?

nocturne shadow
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Friday second technical

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Tuesday reject