I applied through university. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Feb 2018
Interview
One phone screen, where the interviewer asked me 2 data structures questions. Then 4 onsite interviews, 3 technical 1 HR.
They provided me with a nice hotel near the office, and I walked to office through the lively New York city traffic. Haha.
I was there at 10:30 am. There were about a dozen more candidates from different universities, and I guess they were all for Full time Engineering role. The process started with a recruiter giving us the tour of their beautiful office. Then they gave me a 100 dollar gift card for any cab and other expenses. Then I was greeted by two engineers who took me to a private meeting room for the first face to face round. They asked me about my project, and two data structures questions. It went on for around 1 hour.
After that, another set of two engineers came in for the second round. They also started with project discussion. Then we discussed a data structures question which they kept on evolving. This round also went on for around an hour.
After that, there was an HR discussion for around 15-20 minutes. She asked me questions about why I became Software Engineer, a project in non-tech terms, top 3 things I want to see in my future employer, etc.
After that, there was a round with Engineering Manager. It was on video conference. He asked me about my resume, then went on asking system design questions. It went on for around 1 hour. This was the last round.
After everything was done, I was greeted by a different HR who escorted me out of the building and told me that my initial recruiter will be in touch in a few days.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Data Structure questions were similar to Leetcode medium, design questions required some architectural understanding.
I was reached out by the recruiter directly through LinkedIn. I was asked one medium and one hard LeetCode-style question, with a few follow-ups. It started with a general introduction.
5 rounds they are all bloomberg tagged question i didn’t pass em round went deep in tour resume another leetcode question and q&a at the end. In retrospect, i thought I did well but maybe their bar this year is high.
5 rounds 3 tech 1 hr 1 em - they asked a couple leetcode mediums and I know others have gotten some hards I think you should prep the leetcode tagged they are asked a lot