I applied through a staffing agency. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Sept 2016
Interview
One telephonic interview. I was asked to solve two problems using C++. Onsite interview was requested 2 weeks later. Total three rounds when went onsite. Two on one 1st technical, two on one 2nd technical, met group manager in 3rd round.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
1st round : Architecture of my current product, C++ question, design patter implementation, coding problem for in place update of binary searct tree to linked list.
2nd round : Design a system to generate the given output after reading data through the file. Design was discussed for one hour
3rd round : product lead discussed previously asked design questions and gave information about the project
I applied online. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Oct 2015
Interview
First i was contacted by email, by one HR person. After we scheduled an interview by phone to the next day.
The interview was taken by phone and Hancker Hank, and was fast and effective. The interviewer was very nice.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Questions about C++ basics, like constructors, destructors, inheritance and const correctness.
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in May 2015
Interview
4 rounds. Expect about a week between each round. After 1 phone interview (HR) and 2 Skype interviews, was invited for an 2:1 in-office interview at London office. More interested in VBA and Excel skills. Very conversational. Was given an office tour after the final round, which I took to be a good sign. Received a call with the offer the following morning.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What are some array sorting methods you've used in VBA?
What is the most optimal way to transpose arrays onto a worksheet?
What is the default variable type of an undeclared variable in VBA?
When would you use credit spreads?
What option pricing methods do you know? What are their inputs?
What is a swap? A bond? Duration?
Are you familiar with volatile functions?
Have you used VLOOKUP? INDEX? What is the difference between the two?