I applied online. The process took 3 months. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Jan 2016
Interview
Bloomberg was my first option. I applied online and received a phone interview. Take care that the phone interview is done by mobile phone, so the quality of the talk is crappy. The interviewer focused a lot on C++ specifics. The algorithm questions were easier than ones from other companies. Then the recruiter went radio silent for 20 days when I received my confirmation on an onsite. The onsite was pretty disorganized because after the first interview they didn't have any senior engineers available for the second one. 15 days later they told me that I passed the interviews, but I'm on a waiting list because they have too few spots and too many candidates.
Interview questions [3]
Question 1
C++ specifics (the two types of memory, polymorphism)
There were several rounds. Application with some questions, then hirevue interview which asked several questions and then several rounds of interviews with employees. It was fairly straightforward and just need to be yourself and not worry too much.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What experience do you have that is relevant to this role.
I applied online. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Hong Kong)
Interview
Start with an online Plum assessment, then video interview. Later move on to on site interview with team lead from analytics and sales. Final stage includes interview with the head of HK
standard video interview for first step they asked a lot of questions about current events and pitching stories related to finance, why bloomberg etc. after that you will get invited to a super day if selected