Entry Level Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Bloomberg with 3 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 81% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Entry Level Software Engineer roles take an average of 34 days to get hired, when considering 27 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Bloomberg overall takes an average of 23 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Bloomberg as a Entry Level Software Engineer according to 27 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 41%
One on one interview: 25%
Skills test: 14%
Group panel interview: 9%
Presentation: 7%
Drug test: 2%
Personality test: 2%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Dec 2018
Interview
I got a call for a phone interview after I submitted my resume at a university career fair. I had 1 phone interview. Followed by 2 on-site interviews in new York head office.
The interviewers were very nice and suggested steps.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Phone interview: 2 questions on sorting and hashmap.
On-site round 1:
Find element index in rotated string
Sort one string based on order given in another string
On-site round 2:
BST recursive and iterative, max product of 3 numbers in an array
I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg (Tel Aviv)
Interview
One hour technical interview conducted over Zoom for a python & c++ role. The interview focused on operating systems concepts and multithreading. Questions covered synchronization issues and required. The process was technical, clear, and well structured.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Implement a mutex.
Using binary semaphore, implement an n-counting semaphore.
it was chill, it was online the guy out the quesiton on a notepad and asked me how to do it. it was a standard leetcode one of the word search. try to prep those for interviewrs
I applied through a recruiter. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in Jan 2025
Interview
Phone Screen Interview
Interviewer: Senior Software Engineer
Conclusion: Failed
My suggestion: Focus on question 2 and have your answers prepare to these kinds of question regarding your cv and projects. Leetcode is must, everyone knows that...