Software Engineer Entry Level 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 Software Engineer Entry Level 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 Software Engineer Entry Level 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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Dont remember when and where I have applied. Got an email for a position and they have scheduled a phone interview and later cancelled it and scheduled a phone interview for a more apt position.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
The interviewer was very patient and helpful. He guided me through the though process but was very fastidious and kept asking till he heard what he wanted to hear. Asked me to write the code for the hash function when the key is a string of 2 characters between a and z.
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...