I applied through college or university. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Feb 2016
Interview
Ask general questions, like string and some algorithm, the recruiter looks pretty serious and feel a little pressure. But willing to communicate if you have any question. They also ask me to explain the most recent project and ask some related questions. You have to display a passion for finance as well as an interest in the financial market.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Mar 2016
Interview
I first had a 45 minute phone interview a few weeks ago. After being invited to the second round, I traveled to their headquarters in NYC. The interview was an all day experience. I had four interviews in total. Two with with developers, one with a manager, and one with an HR representative. The questions were challenging, but the interviewers would help you out if you got stuck.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Given origin and destination points on an xy graph, and different costs for traveling vertically, horizontally, and diagonally, describe how you would find the optimal path from origin to destination.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Princeton, NJ) in Jan 2016
Interview
Took about 1 month. First contact by recruiter, then technical phone interview. After 2 weeks received invitation to onsite. Onsite consists a back-to-back 2 round interview, all technical. A few of the interviewers were on their phone through the interview, didn't know if they paid attention to my responses. Only a $100 gift card given for reimbursement, couldn't even cover the ground transportation from hotel to the office and from office to the airport. Also, no food provided at lunch time.