I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Princeton, NJ) in Dec 2015
Interview
The interview process was streamlined and very convenient. I had interviews four on-campus interviews over the course of three consecutive days. All of my interviewers were great and helpful in answering questions about Bloomberg. The last interview was with HR, and I learned a lot about the culture and environment of Bloomberg, both of which made me feel that it would be the right place to start my computer science career.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
My interviewers asked multiple technical coding questions. I was allowed to choose which programming language(s) I wanted to write in, though knowledge of multiple programming languages proved very useful - possibly essential for one of my questions. There were a few design questions which actually took me by surprise. My interviewers described some sort of hypothetical product that they wanted me to design a solution for and work top-down in my solution. We first discussed general ideas all the way to me talking about potential APIs and finally writing code.
Overall, it was a positive and professional interview experience, though the interviewer was on the stricter side. Unfortunately, I was dealing with an illness and wasn't able to prepare as thoroughly as I wanted to, which left me feeling a bit off throughout the conversation. Despite not feeling my best and facing a tough interviewer, the process was well-structured.
Fairly simple. Phone call then onsite. For onsite it was 10 min office tour follow by 1 hr interview then 1 hours system design and 30 mins manager interview. Interviewers were nice and the recruiter was accommodating.
5 rounds first 3 being leetcode coding ones and the last 2 being behavioral. The first three are the hardest asking mainly taggeed questions and the rest are not that bad