The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Londra, Inghilterra) in Jul 2009
Interview
I applied for a Financial Software Development entry level position and when filling my application they asked my strongest programming language among c,c++, and Java. As I had previous experience with Java I selected it as my strongest language. The following day they sent me an email with instructions to take an online skills assessment. Reading this forum, I practiced a few IQ/Intelligence test with good results so I felt confident to take the test. I took the test and to my surprise it was all Java programming questions (syncronisation, inheritance, interfaces, polymorphism, analysing pieces of code, etc). The questions where very specific and not about general OO programming concepts eg. Which one of the following is NOT polymorphic behavior? As I've been out of practice a bit in hands on programming I really struggled with the test. Basically I didn't remember clearly the syntax and got confused with some sentences. My recommendation is that you should study throughly your programming language selection and be ready for tricky questions.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Which one of the following is NOT polymorphic behavior?
does java.io have for preventing malicious code from altering Serialized Objects?
What support does java.io have for preventing malicious code from altering Serialized Objects?
I applied online. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg in May 2009
Interview
I submitted my resume and cover letter through bloomberg's career website.
Later on was contacted by HR for a online assessment. It consists fo 30 questions, took me about 1 hour to finish. Then was contacted for a first round telephone interview.
It was one on one, and the interviewer asked many questions to test my programming language skills. There are also some brain teasers included. Phone interview was about 1 hour.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Feb 2009
Interview
First met the company at our university career fair. I handed them my resume and soon after I was contacted for a live interview. The people who interviewed me were nice, but one of them was a little condescending. The first interview had two employees speaking with me. They asked technical questions about my skills. Then they presented some programming questions, which I thought were not too difficult. You had to use C++ to solve the problems. I started the interview really well, but got a little flustered towards the end. I think I did average.
The next day they called me back for a second round of interviews. This time the interviews were one on one. I first spoke with a senior developer who asked more technical questions. I felt that I did well in this part. Next, an HR representative interviewed me and I did really well. I answered each question well and showed confidence. Needless to say, I felt a lot better about the second day.
About a week later they called and offered me a position. I accepted.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Suppose your software requires the client to enter information into a database. What do you do if data insertion takes too long?