I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Londra, Inghilterra) in Mar 2010
Interview
hr was pretty prompt with reply after application. got sent this online test at first, then got invited to interview a few days later. the office was pretty impressive. old looking building from the outside, all modern and arty inside. guests need to wear a photo name badge at all times or security will get mad. reception area is the kitchen with large amounts of free food and drinks. interview was 1 hour, 2 on 1. starts with why bloomberg, then goes on to c questions. had to write code on paper on the spot. ends with a logic question.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
2 pieces of string of different length and non-uniform width, each take one hour to burn. the remaining length of a burning string doesn't tell you how much longer it burns for. with a lighter measure 45 mins.
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Apr 2010
Interview
I submitted my resume on their career website and got an email about 3 weeks later saying that I passed the resume review and inviting me to take an online technical assesment test. There was a 3 day window to take the online test. The test itself was quite straightforward, a lot like the logic, math and comprehension questions on standardized tests. I took the test on friday evening and an email was waiting for me early morning on monday telling me schedule a technical phone interview. From the other posts here, I understand the quesions would involve basic programming, logical puzzles and such since I am a non-CS major. I have the phone interview tomorrow. I'll post another review about what happens there.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A couple of paragraphs were presented with regular comprehension type questions at the end. There were also questions asking to count the number of "i"s or "e"s that appear in the paragraph.
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Apr 2010
Interview
I applied the Bloomberg Financial Software Developer position about a month ago. Then a month after I got a email from the HR asking me to do a online technical assessment where I can choose my preferred language from C/C++/Java2/C#. I chose C++ and did the test today. Two hours later I received an invitation for a phone interview from Bloomberg. The difficulty of the test, well, I would say, moderate. There are some tricky questions and also some STL questions(which I suck at :-(). But if you spend some time on books like C++ Primer or the online C++ FAQ Lite, it would be not difficult. I am waiting for the phone interview next week. Will update then.