I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Oct 2010
Interview
Bloomberg came to our school during our career fair. The whole interview process will require 3 days. Each day lasting about 30mins. The first two days they will give you riddles or a problem that you have to solve using a language you know or in C. The last interview is a HR interview.
The first 2 interviews will be stressful, they are simulating the work conditions in the company. The last interview will be less stressful.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
There are 8 balls. 7 of them are of the same weight. 1 ball is heavier than all the others. You are only given a basic balancing scale. Find out which ball is the heaviest one using the least number of comparisons.
Overall, it was a positive and professional interview experience, though the interviewer was on the stricter side. Unfortunately, I was dealing with an illness and wasn't able to prepare as thoroughly as I wanted to, which left me feeling a bit off throughout the conversation. Despite not feeling my best and facing a tough interviewer, the process was well-structured.
Fairly simple. Phone call then onsite. For onsite it was 10 min office tour follow by 1 hr interview then 1 hours system design and 30 mins manager interview. Interviewers were nice and the recruiter was accommodating.
5 rounds first 3 being leetcode coding ones and the last 2 being behavioral. The first three are the hardest asking mainly taggeed questions and the rest are not that bad