I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Jun 2009
Interview
I initially applied online, and was contact by HR to do an online skills assessment test. The test was easy--it was multiple choice, and consisted of basic math problems, logic problems, and attention to detail. Each question was timed.
I completed this successfully, and was scheduled a phone interview. The interviewer asked about some projects that I had done, and after I mentioned a few, he made up many questions on the spot that related to my projects; why would such and such cause a problem, what if I had tried this instead, why wouldn't doing something a certain way make sense, etc. There was barely any feedback in either the positive or negative direction; the interviewer would often ask if I was sure about the answer I had given.
Following the phone interview, I was contacted for a timed technical test on a programming language of my choice. Difficulty of questions on this test varied very widely, though many were very high-level and heavy on nitpicky details. I assume this test was used mostly to gauge my level of knowledge of the language.
After completion of the test, I was contacted for an in-house interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
(Programming Language Test) When casting an object of a polymorphic class from a base class, which kind of cast executes only if it's is valid?
The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Jun 2009
Interview
had simple questions in the interview like count the number of c's and few logical q's. one q was about calculating the number of rabbits when each generate 2M and 2 F offsprings. Also few questions involved finding patterns after certain rotations. One was a comprehension question and one was on graph theory .
The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Jun 2009
Interview
Ask some question about counting character show up in a paragraph which is strange. Some analytic questions and logic questions. Some of the questions need more time but each question has only 3 minutes. It's an average difficulty. If you like to take such questions, it's just like a game.