I applied through university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Nov 2009
Interview
1. University interview : consisted of simple algorithms, coding, and c/c++ language knowledge
2. Onsite interview : one hour good technical intv, half an hour HR, half an hour technical again.
3. They are very quick in their process, very professional. Gave back results in 2 days.
Interviewers mostly concentrated on knowledge of algorithms => sorts, searches, big O, dynamic programming.
They also quiz a lot on language features = c and c++.
Interviewers were very bright, and discussed the question thoroughly, making sure that solution explained by us is actually understood.
They did not go through the projects on resume.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1. Minimum number of edits to change one program to another
2. What are good programming practices for java
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.
5 rounds first 3 being leetcode coding ones and the last 2 being behavioral. The first three are the hardest asking mainly taggeed questions and the rest are not that bad