I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY)
Interview
Lots of tedious online tests before even getting to a phone interview - which was itself another interacitve computer test. It seemed like a lot of trouble considering the job. I find it kind of funny companies like Bloomberg (& Google & M$ et al) go so crazy for difficult interviews for what are basically run-of-the-mill IT jobs.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 6 days. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Mar 2011
Interview
Screening through a recruiting agency over the phone, then one phone interview and a visit to NYC to be interviewed by 2 different teams of 2 people each, 3 hours with groups of 2 people, for a total of 12 people, the interview lasted all day, they paid for my plane tickets and hotel. I learned that both teams wanted me when the recruiter called me next day with the job offer.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
One question was about auto suggestions in a browser
How threading works in different flavors of Unix
C++ question
There were more questions but I can't remember now but I will update this information in the future.
I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Jun 2010
Interview
Phone interview was followed by a six-round in house on a Friday. Department head asked about salary expectations. I received an offer on following Monday, with compensation package almost doubled.