I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Jun 2011
Interview
They bring you into the company's impressive headquarters and put you in a glass conference room with everyone working and walking around you. It almost feels like you are a zoo animal on display. The recruiter at bit over the top with pushing how wonderful it is to work at the Bloomberg companies. While the interview experience wasn't bad, it was definitely odd. When I finally got to meet the hiring managers on the third interview, it became clear that people don't end up here because they love the company, they come here because they didn't like their past jobs or industries, but they somehow want to still be in touch with the former industries.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They asked why I wanted to leave my industry, which I thought was very unexpected because the position I was interviewing for was all about my industry, just as an analyst....
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 months. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Sep 2012
Interview
The process was time-consuming and long. Two phone interviews full of technical questions (specific programming assignments to do and read over the phone, plus puzzles and general questions). Two on-line language exams (not too difficult but time consuming). Two multi-person on-site interview sessions, one with more programming tests and puzzles, another with more general experience and industry questions.
Followed up by a third-party background check.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
No single unusual question, but many requests to write or outline a program to solve a problem; as well as math/logic puzzles.