I applied through college or university. I interviewed at Bloomberg
Average interview
Application
I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg
Interview
Online test and didn't get through the process. Else, there will onsite interviews. A good grip over computer fundamentals is what it takes to get an interview opportunity at this amazing company.
I applied in CDW of campus and got on campus interview one day after. The interview process last 50 minutes and there are 2 interviews. Both of them are nice and give helpful hints if you're stucked. At the beginning they asked what other companies I applied and why Bloomberg. then they asked several C++ questions and 2 algorithms questions.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
In C++, can a class without construtor compile? What will be automatic generated by the compiler for a class? What's the difference between pointer and reference?
Given n stars in the galaxy and a distant d, if the distance between two starts are smaller then d, they are in the same group. Count the total number of groups in the galaxy.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Feb 2014
Interview
Applied online through career website, Selected for campus interview. Two interviewers took the first round. Supposed to 45 mins interview but they took it for 1 hour 15 mins. Asked about resume and from there asked about memory optimization, word padding. Gave struct with int and bool in it and asked me to optimize the size of it. Later asked to write code on tree traversing which was easy. But grilled lot on Memory optimization, which i was not really prepare for!
Full Time SOftware Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Bloomberg with 3.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.8% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Full Time SOftware Engineer roles take an average of 14 days to get hired, when considering 2 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Bloomberg overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Bloomberg as a Full Time SOftware Engineer according to 2 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 40%
Skills test: 40%
IQ intelligence test: 20%
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