I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Nov 2014
Interview
set up a phone technical interview
1. why bloomberg
2. difference between list and array in general, not specific in a certain language. When when would you like to use array and when would you like to choose list.
3. merge two sorted array, one size is N, one is 2N, leetcode has the similar one question
4. find a pair of Integers in the array which has max difference. Something like sell stock in the leetcode.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
nothing diffcult. I am too nervious and misunderstand the max difference question.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg
Interview
I applied through an on campus career fair. They scheduled an interview after a short technical screening in the career fair (the look and say problem).
In total I had 2 two-on-one technical interviews and two behavioral interview (one with HR, one with manager). I was given an offer right after the last behavioral interview with the manager.
All interviewers are very friendly and easy to work with. The whole interview experience was great! The only complaint is that my recruiter seems to be very very busy.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
As to interview questions: There was nothing really out of my expectations. All problems could be found in interview preparation books.
I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Oct 2014
Interview
I got the interview right at the campus job fair. I was informed to attend the interview next day.
There were totally 4 rounds, the first two were technical interview by total of 4 senior engineers. The first one is easier, just some general question about data structure and object. Just in the afternoon after first round I was told to attend the second round. The second one is harder, I was asked two questions and wrote down my program immediately. The questions had nothing to do with language, just about your logical. Two days later, I was invited to the next round. But there were two rounds at one day. The first interviewer was a HR, just had a nice conversation. The last one was meet with manager. The manager also asked me one technical problem related to data structure, and asked me how to improve the performance due to complexity. So just always be prepared for technical questions for Bloomberg!
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
After the second technical round I was told I had finished all the technical rounds, but surprisingly the manager also asked technical questions at the final round!