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 online. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Apr 2017
Interview
First a telephonic interview where 2 algorithm questions were asked. We need to code on a shared document. If you are through this round, you will be called onsite. First 2 rounds at onsite will be technical. 2 algorithm questions in first round, a algorithm and a design question in second round. If you are through, you will be proceeded for behavioral interview. I was rejected at this round. There will be a HR interview if your behavioral interview went fine. They will not not say the reject decision on the spot.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Question related to Parenthesis matching , solving prefix expression kind off, Intersection of 2 linked lists, arithmetic operations on numerical in an alpha-numeric string, a question related to binary tree traversal, design a system to convert a long URL to short URL
Phone screen went very well, i passed to the onsites and they gave me the problem statement and i proposed a sub-optimal solution. They told to me come up with more optimal solution and didn't give me much time to think about it. They got impatient and gave me a hint. I figured it out and solved the problem, but apparently they thought I needed hints, which I didn't ask for.
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.