I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Mar 2015
Interview
I had four rounds in total. The first round is via telephone (only one guy), the second one is via Skype and there were two guys. These two rounds both required me to use a website to do some coding. Purely technical interviews.
Then they asked me to fly to London to attend the last interview. It began with another round technical interview, face to face, also more difficult. Then the final last round is with a HR.
The whole process is nice and the tips they mentioned in emails are helpful! Nice and welcoming recruiters.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Write a function to find two numbers in an array whose sum is equal to a given number.
Phone screen went very well, i passed to the onsites and they gave me the problem statement and i proposed a sub-optimal solution. They told to me come up with more optimal solution and didn't give me much time to think about it. They got impatient and gave me a hint. I figured it out and solved the problem, but apparently they thought I needed hints, which I didn't ask for.
15 minutes talking about resume, 45 minutes for 2 medium leetcode style coding questions (using code share), the interviewer was very friendly and communication is even more important than passing all test cases.
Overall, it was a positive and professional interview experience, though the interviewer was on the stricter side. Unfortunately, I was dealing with an illness and wasn't able to prepare as thoroughly as I wanted to, which left me feeling a bit off throughout the conversation. Despite not feeling my best and facing a tough interviewer, the process was well-structured.