I was contacted by the recruiter for design roles after I applied for a position that had been already filled. They were impressed with my background and wanted to know if I was interested in other opportunities. This started off a long, thorough, and intensive interview process that I learned a lot out of. Perhaps one of the most difficult interview processes I have experienced as a designer, given the nature of the work done at Bloomberg and the diverse backgrounds of the people who work there.
After my initial conversation with the recruiter, I had a few phone screens with people working in Product teams. The interviewers were Product Managers, Data Scientists, Product Developers across NYC and London. I had 3 such phone interviews, that dealt with my background, my expertise, the kind of work done at Bloomberg, and how would I be bringing about design to impact data. The conversations took a deep dive into many aspects of the role and almost always bolstered my confidence in my own skills and passion to pursue interaction design. After these calls, I had a final phone interview with the Global Head of Business for the particular product, and received a subsequent invitation to fly to NYC for the onsite.
The onsite had a similar pattern - I had in-person conversations with Product Managers and Development Leads, including a video conference from one Manager in London. After that, I had a conversation with the Global Head of Business in-person, and that went very well too. That wrapped up my onsite, and I heard back from the recruiter in a few weeks.
They had great feedback for me and I would have been a good fit for the role and company. However, they had some restructuring and a few internal designers were able to fill the positions I was interviewing for. Also, they had no more headcount after the restructure, and therefore they couldn't take me onboard.