I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Oct 2017
Interview
Indian student, applied online to Bloomberg, London without referral. Got email to schedule phone interview on one of available dates. Language of preferance was C++. Interview duration was 51 minutes. Was asked 5-6 trivia questions on OOPs and two coding questions which were to be coded on Hackerrank code pair.
Write a method outside Linked List class to deepcopy the Linked List. Follow up on this question required to implement deepcopy for linked list with random pointers.
Normal process through and through with nothing different compared to other companies. OA. Recruiter screen. Then a few more rounds of interviews. The interviews were pretty tough and hard but usual in the current market
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Tell me about a time you made a difficult decision
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