Software Engineer applicants have rated the interview process at Bloomberg with 3.1 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 53% positive. To compare, the company-average is 54.9% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Engineer roles take an average of 22 days to get hired, when considering 1,459 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 according to 1,459 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 33%
One on one interview: 22%
Skills test: 17%
Group panel interview: 10%
Presentation: 9%
Background check: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Personality test: 2%
Other: 2%
Drug test: 1%
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I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY)
Interview
I had an on campus interview and then an interview at Bloomberg's New York office. I didn't have a good on campus interview, so I was surprised to find out I'd been asked back for a second round. The email didn't say it was for a second round on-campus interview so I thought it was sent in error. I couldn't make the date so they brought me down to their offices in NY where I had an interview. I had a first round interview there and then was told to wait for my second interview. I waited, but was then told I was done for the day.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
A question on fast exponentiation, a question on the median of a stream of numbers, and a question on finding the longest common sub-sequence between two strings.
15 minutes talking about resume, 45 minutes for 2 medium leetcode style coding questions (using code share), the interviewer was very friendly and communication is even more important than passing all test cases.
Overall, it was a positive and professional interview experience, though the interviewer was on the stricter side. Unfortunately, I was dealing with an illness and wasn't able to prepare as thoroughly as I wanted to, which left me feeling a bit off throughout the conversation. Despite not feeling my best and facing a tough interviewer, the process was well-structured.
Fairly simple. Phone call then onsite. For onsite it was 10 min office tour follow by 1 hr interview then 1 hours system design and 30 mins manager interview. Interviewers were nice and the recruiter was accommodating.