I applied online. The process took 1 day. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Jul 2010
Interview
Applied online for Bloomberg's FSD position. Received an email about two weeks later that I passed screening and to write an online programming test in your choice of programming language. I wrote the C test, which is fairly easy, but it requires you to be familiar to be with the Standard C library functions, some I/O functions, and simple string manipulation. There is 30 questions in total with 3 minutes per question.
I estimate I performed okay, but probably did not know well enough because did not know a few answers from the top of my head. Waiting to hear a response back. Either way, it is a good refresher test for interviews.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
What function in the Standard C library may be used to convert a long to a string?
I applied through college or university. The process took 4 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg (New York, NY) in May 2010
Interview
Once you pass the skills test it all depends on how good is your day. You might be asked easy questions in the interview or a tough ones. It all depends on the interviewer. C/C++ would do.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
How would you sort a text file full of phone numbers. You do not have enough memory to load all the file contents at once and sort them. You should write back the sorted list to the file in the end.
I applied through college or university. The process took 2 weeks. I interviewed at Bloomberg in Jan 2010
Interview
There is an online test first. You will make choice about which language to use. Actually you'd better use Cor C++, since the company really don't want someone who is not good at C/C++. If you choose java, the test will sure to make you crazy. Then I was chosen to have a on_campus interview with one of the recruiter, he just ask me several coding questions and give me an paper to write down. The sorting algorithm and stocking algorithm.
Interview questions [1]
Question 1
Could you write an quick sort algorithm, you can use any language.