I applied through university. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Indianapolis, IN) in Feb 2019
Interview
They had info session at school. I submitted my resume online and got the on-campus interview. The interview is 1 hour. Two engineers are the interviewer. Small talk at the beginning. Ask 1 or 2 questions about the resume. And then ask two technical questions. I finished the first one. But I did't have enough time to completed the second question. The first one is a string question. The second one is a tree question.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Dec 2018
Interview
It was a very candidate-friendly interview process, had flexible on-site dates. Amazingly quick feedback. Overall a great experience.
Technical phone screen with an engineer (2 simple/average coding questions)
On-site (technical and behavioral rounds)
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Simple/average coding questions. Understanding recursion, stack, and heap, some basic C++ features, data structures characteristics
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Jan 2014
Interview
10 minute phone screen, then in person interview: 30 minutes with HR, 1 hour with software developer, then 30 minutes with senior manager
HR asked a lot of fit questions - why Bloomberg, what do I know about them, why I have the necessary skills? Technical questions got progressively more difficult. They asked "Are you sure" every time I had an answer, even when I was right, just to test me. Showed no indication during the process if I was doing well or not.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Reverse linked list, explain how try/catch works and what is the call stack, some brainteasers