I applied online. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in Jun 2017
Interview
Applied online and was contacted by recruiter. Overall the process didn't have too many surprises. Phone interview / HackerRank shared screen coding session - after about a week I was informed I made it through to the in-person interview. The in-person interview consisted of two technical (pencil and paper coding) rounds with two engineers each. After that I was given lunch and interviewed by a manager (general discussion - who you are, general technology stuff. Very conversation-oriented). Finally I was interviewed by an HR worker.
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.