I applied through college or university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Sep 2015
Interview
Four round on-campus interview, I made it through all the technical questions, mostly tree and string problems. The problems are really interviewer dependent. I failed at HR and/or Senior manager round, where there is no technical questions but some very tricky behavior questions. I felt like they want loyal employees who can devote to the company's work wholeheartedly
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are the top three factors when you're choosing from offers?
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.