I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Aug 2011
Interview
One and half months after my online application, I got a online IQ test, which was rather difficult. Fortunately I was told that I passed the test and a phone interview would be given. I couldn't move forward because I didn't prepare well enough, also the interviewer's accent was a problem for me.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
Given a page on a book, find out the most frequently used letters and count the numbers of showing times for each letter.
I applied through college or university. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Sep 2011
Interview
Gave my resume to a recruiter at a job fair, no phone screening. A week later I got called by a university career center employee to setup and on-campus interview for the next day. It was a 25 minute interview basically to make sure I didn't lie on my resume.
A few hours after I got a call to setup another interview and scheduled it for the next day (they wanted it that afternoon). Second interview was 45 minutes and more technical, not to mention the two interviewers were worse. Basically it was a "Write this code while I play on my ipad" kinda interview.
Both interviews were 2 on 1. Brush up on your C and C++, and know every difference. My primary language these days is Python, so they looked down on me in disgust.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
How would you implement the Shuffle feature on an iPod with the least disruption to the user and so you can go back and forward without being given a different song. Also what is the run time of your algorithm.
I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Sep 2011
Interview
Applied online, recruiter contacted me in 2 days. 1 hour phone interview was quickly scheduled. Interviewers were nice. Asked detailed C++ questions, and were friendly and helpful when I got stuck on some item. That particular group expected pretty low level C/C++ knowledge, still looking to confirm if all areas are like that.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
Detailed design and coding considerations if you implement your own generic smart pointer class.