Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Bloomberg with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 1,459 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 Software Engineer according to 1,459 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 17%
Group panel interview: 10%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Personality test: 2%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in May 2015
Interview
They contacted me via Linked in to apply on their website, I found a good match and applied,
It took a week to setup a suitable time for a phone interview, Hacker rank Link was sent to code in pair with the interviewer, I was introduced to the interviewer before the interview in 2 days.
I did well in the first interview, they told me about that the process should be 2 On-line interview then I'll come on site for another interview.
The second interview was a skype interview with 2 Engineers from Bloomberg L.P
It was smooth but yet harder than I expected, I didn't go further in the process.
Interview questions [2]
Question 1
When you choose your programming language they ask you specific question regarding the language, It was CPP for me, then I was asked pointer and memory questions in addition to OOP question that you'll find in tips and tricks
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.
Fairly simple. Phone call then onsite. For onsite it was 10 min office tour follow by 1 hr interview then 1 hours system design and 30 mins manager interview. Interviewers were nice and the recruiter was accommodating.
5 rounds first 3 being leetcode coding ones and the last 2 being behavioral. The first three are the hardest asking mainly taggeed questions and the rest are not that bad