Software Developer 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 50% positive. To compare, the company-average is 57.1% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Software Developer roles take an average of 30 days to get hired, when considering 157 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at Bloomberg overall takes an average of 31 days.
Common stages of the interview process at Bloomberg as a Software Developer according to 157 Glassdoor interviews include:
Phone interview: 39%
One on one interview: 19%
Skills test: 18%
Presentation: 7%
Group panel interview: 6%
Background check: 5%
Personality test: 3%
IQ intelligence test: 2%
Drug test: 1%
Other: 0%
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I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Mar 2017
Interview
Submitted a CV online. Took almost a month to receive a response.
In the response e-mail they ask for your schedule and to provide dates for a technical phone interview. Be careful here because they will confirm the date 2-3 days before it happens, so you should start preparing straight away.
You can choose between C++, Java, and some other languages. The length of the whole interview is around 1 hour.
On the phone:
1) Tell me about yourself, your projects, etc
2) Why Bloomberg?
3) Two technical questions on a shared editor
This was a pretty bad experience. The interviewer seemed like he wanted me to complete the technical questions as fast as possible and didn't really care about anything else. During the technical stage I was describing my thought process but the interviewer was almost completely silent - I even had to ask if he was still on the phone!
My performance was average. On the first question, there was a small hint from him near the start which guided me to the optimal solution. I ended up getting most of it done but it was definitely a struggle and there were a few mistakes. The second question was much easier. I completed the question without any assistance and provided the optimal solution in around 10 minutes.
It was very uncomfortable overall. Did not hear from them again.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
They were both Leetcode questions. Probably medium difficulty or easy.
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.