I applied through college or university. The process took 2 days. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Gainesville, FL) in Sep 2015
Interview
I met the recruiters at the career fair in my university. They asked me to code for two problems which were pretty simple(reverse a linked list, implement malloc) and I was called for an interview the next day. The interview started off with questions from resume and they quickly moved on to coding questions.
1) Convert a decimal to hex
2) Convert 'aaabbccccc' to 'a3b2c5'
3) Design an iterator class for BST.
I found the last question to be difficult since I wasn't prepared. Overall a good experience, cool people and they were trying to help me throughout the interview.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1) Convert a decimal to hex
2) Convert 'aaabbccccc' to 'a3b2c5'
3) Design an iterator class for BST.
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.