I applied online. The process took 7 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Nov 2009
Interview
The phone interview lasted about 20 to 30 minutes.
2 men on the phone, but only 1 mainly asked.
Ask about pdes; how to write and solve differential equations
he also ask some basic programming questions.
They are simple. I managed okay but it looks they are not interested somehow.
I applied online. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (San Francisco, CA) in Oct 2024
Interview
Standard HR interview to go through education, background, and job experiences.
Another round with a member of the team on past achievements followed by a technical live coding test that's around leetcode medium difficulty.
Was doing this while on vacation on the other side of the world at like 4am so I bombed it pretty bad but interviewer was courteous.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Bloomberg tagged leetcode questions.
What sophisticated software I created, the design/architectural choices I made and why I made them.
I applied online. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (London, England) in May 2015
Interview
Firstly, I was interviewed by HR. Then, I was interviewed with two people in their London office: a senior quant and a director. I was asked to simply introduce my research work. Then, we went to the technical questions. The whole interview took about 1 hour. Most of the questions are programming questions.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
I was asked several questions about coin tossing and some questions of programming (c++ related questions)