Software Developer applicants have rated the interview process at Bloomberg with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 67% positive. To compare, the company-average is 50.3% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 9 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Bloomberg overall takes an average of 28 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Bloomberg as a Software Developer according to 9 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 31%
One on one interview: 23%
Presentation: 23%
Skills test: 15%
Personality test: 8%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Mar 2017
Interview
Submitted a CV online. Took almost a month to receive a response.
In the response e-mail they ask for your schedule and to provide dates for a technical phone interview. Be careful here because they will confirm the date 2-3 days before it happens, so you should start preparing straight away.
You can choose between C++, Java, and some other languages. The length of the whole interview is around 1 hour.
On the phone:
1) Tell me about yourself, your projects, etc
2) Why Bloomberg?
3) Two technical questions on a shared editor
This was a pretty bad experience. The interviewer seemed like he wanted me to complete the technical questions as fast as possible and didn't really care about anything else. During the technical stage I was describing my thought process but the interviewer was almost completely silent - I even had to ask if he was still on the phone!
My performance was average. On the first question, there was a small hint from him near the start which guided me to the optimal solution. I ended up getting most of it done but it was definitely a struggle and there were a few mistakes. The second question was much easier. I completed the question without any assistance and provided the optimal solution in around 10 minutes.
It was very uncomfortable overall. Did not hear from them again.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They were both Leetcode questions. Probably medium difficulty or easy.
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.
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.