Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Bloomberg with 4 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 100% positive. To compare, the company-average is 53.5% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
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I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Jan 2008
Interview
Started with a good phone screen from one of the lead developers. Likable guy - good interview, went well. Subsequently invited for in-person. Building is very modern - glass walls, fishtanks, open space. Interview room itself was tiny. Basically, a little glass closet. Fine for 2 people, but somewhat awkward for me and the 5 or so people squeezed in with me. The technical interviews are pretty good - by no means easy. The manager himself was very tough - kind of confrontational in his approach. Although turned off by this, I ended up accepting a long term contract assignment. Its a good company to work for. Summer Party is great. When you quit BLP as an employee you can -never- return. At least that was the policy for years (this may have changed).
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A deep dive into one of you rrecent design efforts. Basically tearing it apart, and making you defend it was the most difficult question.
The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Londres, Angleterre) in Jul 2010
Interview
They were confused.
First they forgot to call me on scheduled time, so I had to contact guy from the agency, and then he arranged new time. Also, on the same day of that first 'missed' phone interview, I got rejection email from them, which was, obviously, a mistake.
First interview lasted some 30 minutes, and the questions were usual about C++, Unix.
I got through to second technical interview, but then I got surprised - it was some 80% the same as the first one! Same questions, same topics.. I was confused, but I answered even better than on the first interview(I read more about it after first interview). So, I was expecting to pass the second round, since I already passed the similar first round, and I did good in the second round, but then I got the rejection email.. My guess is - since I'm from outside EU, they probably judged that it would be too much for them to pay the whole thing..
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
How are static members of a template class shared?