I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Mar 2012
Interview
First round, taking online IQ test. Mathematic problems as well as abstract reasoning problems. Second round, phone interview with a current financial application engineer. Asked about probability, brain teaser, and simple algorithm problems. Was asked to attend an in-house interview the next day. Third round, in-house interview with two R&D specialists. Asked why the role and what I would like to do. Then several C++ and algorithm questions. I did poorly on one of these questions.. Later they also asked things relevant to my major(not a CS major) which I answered pretty well. At the end of the interview, I was asked to stay in the room. Thought the I passed and was expecting for the next rounds. Yet the recruiting contact person showed up and lead me out of the building.... Thought I did well on most of the questions though.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you count number of words in a sentence in C++?
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Feb 2012
Interview
I attended a Career Fair at my college, I couple days later I received an email asking me to schedule a time for an on-campus interview. The On-Campus interview was pretty easy, just asked me about my resume and some basic interview questions. I received an email a day or two later asking me to take the next step in the application process by completing an online skills assessment. I thought it was going to be easy maybe some basic math problems and count how many times a certain letter would appear but I underestimated it. Yes there was some of those questions but keep in mind each question is timed. You have two minutes to answer each question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
If there are 7 blue balls, 4 greens, 5 yellow, 2 green and in the first position there is a blue ball and in the fourth is a yellow, and the blues cant be next to another blue and green have to be next to each other, what color ball is in the third position.